this is something thats been bothering me so i want a good answer
2007-12-30 13:16:22 · 16 answers · asked by Robert V 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
i want a good answer to get this off my back
2007-12-30 13:18:52 · update #1
There wouldn't be any offspring, so there'd be nothing to look at. Humans cannot mate with other species, even closely related primates (and apparently, Hitler tried). Time to worry about something else, I think.
2007-12-30 13:19:19 · answer #1 · answered by jillmcm1970 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
That depends on what you consider to be an offspring. If you believe an offspring is created the moment an egg is fertilized by a sperm and becomes a cell, then yes, it is possible for a human to mate with a small number of another species and produce an offspring. However the odds said offspring being brought to term are so low they border on nonexistent.
There are also chimera, a species that has had human DNA spliced into its genetic code e.g. a cow that produces human milk(it looks like a cow, by the way) or a strain of bacteria that produces human enzymes(yes, they look like bacteria).
So I guess it all depends on what your question actually is.
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2007-12-30 13:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is physically impossible. Not the sexual relations but the possibility of any offspring.
2007-12-30 13:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's not possible...
One has to consider genetics. If humans and say, a dog, have different numbers of chromosomes, then how would things match up? What if a gene for a dog programs teeth function, but a human tooth gene is in a completely different location?
Not to mention the different numbers would mean the DNA would be incomplete.
One word: genetic chaos. That's why it can't happen across most species barriers.
2007-12-30 13:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats impossible
you have to have relationships with a human to have an offspring not an animal
2007-12-30 13:31:56 · answer #5 · answered by giggles♥ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there would be no offspring. humans can only reproduce with humans. other dna isn't compatible.
i wouldn't want to see the offspring if it were in fact possible.
2007-12-30 13:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jackson. He sure doesn't look human these days!
2008-01-02 15:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by Trying to do the right thing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are animals, so it would depend on the dominate and recessive alleles of the parents
2007-12-30 13:20:40 · answer #8 · answered by Flyboy 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There would be no offspring.
2007-12-30 14:06:15 · answer #9 · answered by Rain Dear 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay.... the offspring of the woman and animal would probably look like part animal and part human. It depends on what genes the baby gets from the mother and the father.
2007-12-30 13:19:08 · answer #10 · answered by mcvcm92 5 · 1⤊ 8⤋