My monthly stupid question!!

Westie · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:06

Right here I go lol! No I'm not drunk stoned or anything just been watching that baby program 23 months on BBC I player and thought of this dunno why but I did lol!

I was wondering if the the sperm that fertilised that egg and produce that baby and with the features he had and lifestyle ahead would it be different if it was a different sperm? Basically are all sperm identical?

Lol

flame on!

Ps posting from ****ty iPhone

starfighter · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:08

Yes. sperms arn't all the same. Same with eggs.

yoyo50 · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:13

co za asy

GothicCorpse · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:14

Yes all my brothers and sister look the same as me

Westie · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:14

yoyo50 said:
co za asy

England?

Rameses · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:18

mind=blown.

GothicCorpse · 12 Mar 2011 at 03:45

yoyo50 said:
co za asy

What an ace…

Overslop · 12 Mar 2011 at 05:57

Westie - it's actually impossible for any but the winning sperm to have fertilised the egg. What happens is that one sperm is the "runner" and all the others are "chasers". If the runner reaches the egg then a successful conception is achieved. But if the runner is caught then it is devoured by the hungry chasers and no pregnancy occurs. The chasers in each payload are identical to each other, but each batch produces a unique individual runner and set of chasers.

int · 12 Mar 2011 at 10:57

Overslop said:
Westie - it's actually impossible for any but the winning sperm to have fertilised the egg. What happens is that one sperm is the "runner" and all the others are "chasers". If the runner reaches the egg then a successful conception is achieved. But if the runner is caught then it is devoured by the hungry chasers and no pregnancy occurs. The chasers in each payload are identical to each other, but each batch produces a unique individual runner and set of chasers.

Not entirely true, it is possible although rare for two sperm to fertilise the same egg.

I believe it leads to the need for an abortion due to complications later in pregnancy which would cause miscarriage...

Cleeecooo · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:21

yoyo50 said:
co za asy

RWJ?

smit101 · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:29

I won my race to the giant egg in a specially prepared miniature Ferrari that was surgically placed in my Mothers oviduct, I had a sore flagellum at the time so the car was vital to my victory, flipped it twice but just made it, some of the other sperm had miniature Mondeos! hahaha losers!

Colbaker · 12 Mar 2011 at 13:13

On a slight tangent which lightly incorporates the OP, how come a baby is considered viable if born at 23 weeks but you can have an abortion at 24 weeks? Surely the latest abortion date should be set below the minimum viability date?

CharlieAlbert · 12 Mar 2011 at 14:55

int said:
Not entirely true, it is possible although rare for two sperm to fertilise the same egg.

I believe it leads to the need for an abortion due to complications later in pregnancy which would cause miscarriage...

Are you actually being serious? I'm seriously worried if so.
Two sperm fertilise the same egg = Non identical Twins...

Guerrilla · 12 Mar 2011 at 15:03

publicwhobreach said:
Are you actually being serious? I'm seriously worried if so.
Two sperm fertilise the same egg = Non identical Twins...

Non identical twins are from 2 separate eggs fertilised buy 2 separate sperm. Identical twins 1 egg which splits into 2.

Theophany · 12 Mar 2011 at 15:56

yoyo50 said:
co za asy

=3 4tw.

Vonhelmet · 12 Mar 2011 at 16:18

publicwhobreach said:
Are you actually being serious? I'm seriously worried if so.
Two sperm fertilise the same egg = Non identical Twins...

Two sperm and one egg makes triploids. Three sets of chromosomes makes for bad times.

Castiel · 12 Mar 2011 at 16:34

Westie said:
Right here I go lol! No I'm not drunk stoned or anything just been watching that baby program 23 months on BBC I player and thought of this dunno why but I did lol!

I was wondering if the the sperm that fertilised that egg and produce that baby and with the features he had and lifestyle ahead would it be different if it was a different sperm? Basically are all sperm identical?

Lol flame on!

Ps posting from ****ty iPhone

No two ovum or sperm are identical. A different sperm would have produced a different individual.

Sperm are in essence little packets of genetic instructions and although they are written by the same Male, they are all written using different sentences telling a slightly different story.

Vonhelmet · 12 Mar 2011 at 16:35

Castiel said:
No two ovum or sperm are identical. A different sperm would have produced a different individual.

Sperm are in essence little packets of genetic instructions and although they are written by the same Male, they are all written using different sentences telling a slightly different story.

Indeed. And while it would be possible for one male to produce two absolutely different sperm the odds against it would be astronomical.

Castiel · 12 Mar 2011 at 16:41

publicwhobreach said:
Are you actually being serious? I'm seriously worried if so.
Two sperm fertilise the same egg = Non identical Twins...

Two sperm need to fertilise two separate eggs to produce fraternal twins. Identical twins are produced from one egg and one sperm when the zygote divides into two embryos instead of the usual one.

Two sperm into the same egg is called a triploid and is called polyspermy. It means that the zygote has more than the usual two sets of Chromosomes and in most cases the zygote or embryo is non-viable and not carried to term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triploid_Syndrome

int · 12 Mar 2011 at 16:48

Castiel said:
Two sperm need to fertilise two separate eggs to produce fraternal twins. Identical twins are produced from one egg and one sperm when the zygote divides into two embryos instead of the usual one.

Two sperm into the same egg is called a triploid and is called polyspermy. It means that the zygote has more than the usual two sets of Chromosomes and in most cases the zygote or embryo is non-viable and not carried to term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triploid_Syndrome

I was going to reply with this but Castiel has beaten me to it.

Quoted for emphasis. I'm amazed seriously worried someone believe two sperm fertilising one egg = twins.