Is it conceivable?\n\nI know that most times the reproductive organs are incomplete,\nand I assume that greater completeness generally diminishes the other organ set.
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The medically preferred term for "hermaphrodism" is "intersexuality". In many cases of intersexuality, the individual is neither XX or XY - in Klienfelter's Syndrome, the child has one or even two extra X chromosomes (XXXY or XXY) - in Turner's Syndrome there is a single X (XO). You are probably referring to the rare type of intersexuality known as Chimerism, where some of the body's cells are XY and others are XX. Studies of chimeric animals have demonstrated the ability to give birth, but the gender of the resulting children are apparently determined by which of the mother's cells are involved in the fertilization.\n\nYou may want to read up on Chimerism, but I don't believe it is conceptually possible for an intersexual to give birth to its own child.
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i like the way you think man. the fact is howver that failure to reproduce is concidered unnatural HOWEVER! there could be a small overlooked message in the DNA that says once every so and so years people will be gay, to decrease the surplus population...i neer saw it that way im glad you enlightenemd mee
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You might want to do a little reading about hermaphroditism before you start asking such silly questions. \nHermaphrodites are people who have the external sexual characteristics of both sexes. They can choose which they prefer to be, and have surgery to remove the excess organs. But they are rarely fully developed. Most often they are almost vestiginal and in some cases their condition is overlooked in childhood and doesn't become evident until they hit puberty. \n\nCan't you find something better to do than pose such stupid questions as these?
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They certainly can co-exist\n\nI find it amazing that people who worship a "perfect" god do not believe that their god is capable of creating a being that adapts to it's environment, or evolves.
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A quotation by Harvey J Gold, Author of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems,  may go towards assisting your analysis of the situation:\n\n" The result of a mathematical development should be continuously checked against one's own intuition about what constitutes reasonable biological behaviour. Whenever such a check reveals disagreement, the following possibilities must be considered:\n\na : A mistake has been made in the formal mathematical development\n\nb: The starting assumptions are incorrect and/or constitute a too drastic oversimplification\n\nc: One's own intuition about the biological field is inadequately developed.\n\nd: A penetrating new principle has been discovered. "\n\nDo let me know whether you found meaning in the above, and if you did analyse your model based on the checks recommended by him, what among a,b,c,d was the reason of the discrepancy. Of course this is assuming that you have already established the discrepancy beyond doubt.
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Are you serious? Of course not...they lack the whole female reproductive system, making and carrying a baby is a lot complicated than you think buddy! lol
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No, I don't think there would be as many people.  There would still be those that would have sex to procreate, because they do want a family.  \n\nBut it's such a large group that wouldn't have children that I feel it would affect the number of people on earth. There are those that have "surprises" due to having sex because it's an enjoyable experience.  They may have wanted children anyway, but it's possible they wouldn't have had as many.  Or for those of us that don't want children at all, there may have been a few surprises that definitely wouldn't occur if we didn't have sex.\n\nGood question.  :)
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If by some unrealistic chance it were to happen, it doesn't mean that life wouldn't continue.  I would imagine that lesbians and gays would find a way to procreate.  There would be a sort of barter system.  People would recognize the need for civilization to continue and would adapt.
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That 10% story has fallen to Urban Myth status.  New medical imaging techniques can now show which parts of the brain are in use during particular functions, such as speaking, reading, listening to music, etc.  Turns out that your brain uses many differnt parts to do most functions, but certiain functions TEND to concentrate in particular areas.\n\nWhat remains of the myth, though, may actually help understand what I said in the last paragraph.  Many people who have hade severe brain damage and loss of many functions, can sometimes regain at least some ot those functions when the brain learns to use other, undamaged parts to do what the damaged parts used to.\n\nYeah, a vital organ.  An artificial heart can keep a person going, but with no brain, even a beating heart runs in an empty shell.
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Theoretically yes, if you can get the full DNA structure. Realistically, science isn't quite there yet. I suspect there is much being done in secret because of public fear of the unknown. We've done sheep, and parts of humans, ears, noses etc. Won't be long. The big question is if you clone the whole person, who is really that person and does the clone have a soul? That's a whole other discussion!
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hopfully, the sperm banks are still in one peace and also one of the guys can preform a uturine transplant operation on the other guys. we would need a much larger gene pool to work from. i would be happy to assist in the operating room and hold heads as they puke in the first trimester. we women have plenty of eggs to go around for them.
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I doubt a woman can give birth through parthenogenesis. It would require significant genetic manipulation which is a form of mutancy in itself. \n\nThe child I think will have an exact replica genetic material as the mother which is human but inhuman in its moral consequences. HOWEVER! The child would be missing half the chromosones needed to create what we deem human. This would have significant mental or physical defects I believe  which would make it not completely human.
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According to Wikipedia - yes they can. A mutation in the father's sperm can cause it - even if the father does not have it.
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This is not possible for countless reasons.  First of all, when you say elements, the body is comprised primarily of cells, and all cells are subject to immune system monitoring, just like any invasive substance.  Now, all of the cells body express products that tell the body "this is your body, do not kill me".  Any part that does not express these products will be destroyed.  This is what makes transplants difficult.  So your idea is something that can never come to fruition.
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Would'nt rely on statistics.If the adult population of the country was equally men and women.Then statiscally every woman would have one testicle and man one breast
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Can you imagine it? Organs could be grown for people in need that are an identical genetic match basically eliminating the chance the body would reject it. Millions of people are waiting for suitable donors and this could save a lot of lives. I don't see the problem.
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Let's do a quick thought experiment.\n\nIf I cut off your thumb, would your children be missing a thumb?\n\nNo?  Then maybe Adam was missing a rib, but why would all of his descendants be missing one too?