Asked by: Abdelkamel Plomer
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Can 2 males have a baby?

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Egg donation and surrogacy allow two gay men tohave children genetically related to one partner and the eggdonor, but not to both. It's the same dynamic for lesbians andsperm donors.


Simply so, can two males reproduce?

By tinkering with the genes of sperm and egg cells, it'spossible to breed mice from two females—andeven from two males. To make a mammal, you need an egg and asperm.

Likewise, can females produce sperm? Female sperm. Female sperm can refer toeither: A sperm which contains an X chromosome,produced in the usual way by a male, referring to theoccurrence of such a sperm fertilizing an egg and givingbirth to a female. A hypothetical sperm whichartificially contains genetic material from afemale.

Simply so, can you combine two eggs to make a baby?

BOSTON — Fertility clinics have put a newtwist on how to make babies: A "two-mom" approachthat lets female same-sex couples share the biological role.One woman's eggs are mixed in a lab dish with donorsperm, then implanted in the other woman, who carries thepregnancy.

Can one child have two biological fathers?

Superfecundation is the fertilization of two ormore ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexualintercourse, which can lead to twin babies from twoseparate biological fathers. The term superfecundation isderived from fecund, meaning the ability to produceoffspring.

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