Comments on: Baby Monkeys Have Cells From Up to Six Parents

By: Sandile

Sandile — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:51:51 +0000

It has occurred that a woman gave birth to triplets of with only two of them shared a father and the other one had a different father.

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:30:28 +0000

All I can do is guess, and my guess is that it would not be viable with 1 1/2 sets of chromosomes, and it would be flushed from the system just as an unfertilized egg would be.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:52:24 +0000

But… what would happen if two sperm fertilized one egg at precisely the same moment?

By: Iain

Iain — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:05:35 +0000

I had at first thought multiple mating, but once an egg is fertilized it can’t be invaded by other sperm cells, so I had to read it to find out what the heck.

By: PersonalJesus

PersonalJesus — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:39:48 +0000

I would say six participants is a relatively low key gang bang.

By: dave chamberlin

dave chamberlin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:40:36 +0000

was I the only one who read the headline and thought, must have been one hell of a gangbang and I didn’t know that was possible. now that I’ve read the real story I think it brings new meaning to the word bastard.