2007-02-17 18:24:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Red blood cells contain no DNA. They discard their DNA just before they enter the bloodstream. After, at the most , 60 days, they degrade, and the proteins and other substances that can be reclaimed and used will be, the rest will be discarded. And, as I already stated, there is no DNA, so there is no chance any of that will be present.
2007-02-17 18:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by Spyderbear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Since a blood transfusion inserts a somatic cell (the blood cells of the person whose blood you were given), your DNA is left intact as your gametes are not changed. Besides as other people have noted, red blood cells have no DNA to begin with.
2007-02-18 12:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Zero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your genetic code, your DNA, is encoded into every cell in your body. So a blood transfusion does not change your original DNA.
2007-02-17 18:31:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. As first responder correctly noted, red blood cells do not contain DNA. Blood cells have fairly short life spans, so DNA in other cells does not last long.
2007-02-17 18:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Your bone marrow is in charge of red blood cell production, thus, since red blood cells are enucleated shortly after production, their is no DNA to change.
2007-02-17 18:31:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, red blood cells dont even have a nucleus (no DNA)
2007-02-17 19:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by ♪寿司人♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋