Gorilla or chimpansee impregnating woman ?

[tumor]

Were there any cases of gorilla or chimpansee impregnating woman ? would this offspring survive for long ?

 

[nautica]

Were there any cases of gorilla or chimpansee impregnating woman ? would this offspring survive for long ?

Never. Would the offspring survive for long? There would be no offspring.

Nautica

 

[Ivan Seeking]

...although Oliver had a lot of people guessing for a time.
http://www.n2.net/prey/bigfoot/creatures/article.htm

 

[Monique]

Never. Would the offspring survive for long? There would be no offspring.

Nautica

How are you so sure? The main problem with cross-breeding is when the number of chromosomes are not the same, besides the level of genetic diversion. Gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans have 48 chromosomes, humans 46: the cell will be unstable during division, so offspring is highly unlikely.

For examples of cross breeding you can look at mule/hinnys and ligers/tigons.

 

[plus]

How are you so sure? The main problem with cross-breeding is when the number of chromosomes are not the same, besides the level of genetic diversion. Gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans have 48 chromosomes, humans 46: the cell will be unstable during division, so offspring is highly unlikely.

For examples of cross breeding you can look at mule/hinnys and ligers/tigons.

What is there to stop horses/ donkeys, or lions/ tigers becoming extinct then due to mixing species?
I read in that article above that the downs syndrome humans have 1 more chromosome. Is it possible to have 2 more chromosomes - a sort of double downs syndrome? And in this case, would it be possible this human to produce offspring with a chimpanzee? Or maybe vice versa?

 

[arildno]

From what I know, if we disregard multiple copies of the sex chromosome, the doubled chromosome in Down' syndrome (I don't remember which chromosome) is the only non-lethal chromosomal aberration we know of.

In the case of the sex chromosome, I think XXY and even XXXY has been found; they are, I think, coupled to severe mental handicaps.

 

[hitssquad]

From what I know, if we disregard multiple copies of the sex chromosome, the doubled chromosome in Down' syndrome (I don't remember which chromosome)

http://www.google.com/search?q=trisomy+21

is the only non-lethal chromosomal aberration we know of.

http://www.google.com/search?q=trisomy+18+survive
http://www.google.com/search?q=trisomy+22+survive
http://www.google.com/search?q=trisomy+12+survive
http://www.medgen.ubc.ca/wrobinson/mosaic/trisomy6.htm


Trisomy mosaicisms from chromosome 2 through 23 are discussed at pages linked from here:
http://lymphedema.omno.org/thesite/trisomy_disorders.htm

Many are noted to have possible non-lethal outcomes.

 

[arildno]

Thanks, hitsquad!