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If I was cloned today, would the clone also be male? Yes/No/Don't Know?

If yes, is sex then determined by DNA?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Yes and yes.

    Each of your cells has a nucleus which contains 26 chromosome pairs, for a total of 52 different chromosomes. 25 pairs match, but the last pair, the sex chromosomes, don't necessarily match. If they are X and X, then you are female, and if they are X and Y, then you are male. Cloning involves removal and transplantation of the whole nucleus, so the sex chromosomes woudl come with it and your clone would always be the same gender as you.

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

  • 1 decade ago

    yes, the clone should also be male, unless something terriblly goes wrong in the cloning process that would cause the clone to be mutated.

    part about the DNA determining the sex; the DNA determines the sex, but who determines whether the DNA will carry the XX or the XY chromosome. Probability?

    Based on Roger Penrose mathematical calculation, it would be impossible for life to exist without a creator due to too many conditions. an infinite probability is basically an impossible reality.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes

    ,, Males clone to Males

    ,, but , realistically sex change is an option when cloning is available.

    ,, sex is already an option today in artificial insemination. Because , today it is still an in-vitro technigue. (outside the mother in the glass jar). (This phase in-vitro is the phase that makes things go wrong in the later stages.) You (the customer) pick the embryo to go for re-planting. They show u thru a microscope ,, then tell u the weight of each , point out 2 or 3 "nice ones" , u make the final decision.

    ,, correctly , , artificial insemination may go in-vivo (natural domain) in the future (still here they can centrifuge weigh the sperm to be 97% accurate one way and 92% the other way. ,, for sex derterminate confidence purely on physiology.)

    It's not DNA ,, its choice and options. And the good part is ,, they screen for gene problems , ,

    It's a beautiful World , don't u think , so?

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, it is because when you are cloned they copy your DNA to match the clone. Know what i mean?

    Source(s): reading books
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  • 1 decade ago

    yes the sex is determined in the dna. yes it would be male i mean come on know you male right

  • 1 decade ago

    !!you are male so your clone would be male

    it's not like making twins

    its your identical clone!

    thats what I think not sure if %100 right

  • 1 decade ago

    Unfortunately I dont think its good good to think of cloning humans because if we do, then it means we are agains God

  • 1 decade ago

    It would be like have an idential twin and its a DNA thing and would be just like you in every way, except for the age

  • 1 decade ago

    yes, yah, for the dna strand, a males chromosone is XY, but for female its XX, so, since your dna stand would be copied, itd be the same gender as you

    Source(s): my brain, cause i learned this last year
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    y.

    Sex is determined by the situation and the atmosphere and the temparature,to some extent.

    The society,the need of the sorrounding society,all plays a vital role in natural child development.

    Cloning is artificial.It is WYCWYG.

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