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- From: kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Human parthenogenesis
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 17:17:54 GMT
- Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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- In article <5601@daily-planet.concordia.ca> mckay@alcor.concordia.ca (John McKay) writes:
- > Is there any documented, credible, medical evidence for human
- > parthenogenesis?
-
- No. Last I heard, males were still necessary for the continuance of
- the human race.
-
- > Today, can such be verified by DNA analysis?
-
- Not really, because it would be easy to fake.
-
- Simply start a pair of identical twins using in-vitro fertilization.
- Bring one to term. Freeze the other, and bring it to term 20 years
- later by implanting it in the older twin. You will have a mother and
- daughter with identical DNA.
-
- I wonder if anyone's ever done this?
-
- Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
-