[Bardan the Slayer]

Originally posted by DJG: I was thinking about how gay/lesbian couples could have children. I thought that if they could somehow do it, chromosomes would be an issue. For instance, if a lesbian couple has a child, it can only be a girl. There are no Y chromosomes to make a boy. However, if two gays had a child, it could be male, female or it could end up with two Y chromosomes, which has never happened before. I wonder how a child with YY chromosomes could turn out. A super male? Anyway, don't ask me how gay/lesbian couples can have children with each other. Maybe through implanting genetic data into a sperm/egg?

First of all, I'm not sure how your genetics works out - i'm not a biologist, but I do know a few things.

There are no such people as YY-chromosome males. Lack of an X-chromosome kills you. Howerver, there are XYY males. They are not exactly common, but not exactly rare either. About 1 in 1000 males will have an extra Y chromosome. XYY's tend to be physically strong, mentally slightly below-average, and also it was thought that it was linked to criminality. Recent studies have recanted this somewhat.

You also get XXX females, XXY males, XXXXX females (!) and many other combinations.

More info here [img]smile.gif[/img]

http://www.icomm.ca/geneinfo/pentax.htm

http://www.icomm.ca/geneinfo/klinefel.htm

http://www.icomm.ca/geneinfo/xyy.htm

http://www.icomm.ca/geneinfo/xx.html < XX males