The assisted reproductive technology possibilities are endless.

Don't get too excited just yet this isn't really feasible for that purpose just yet. because you'd basically take DNA from one animal make a Chimera female child then cross that female chimera with the other father to get contributions of both.

It's a generational thing whitch isn't a problem with mice but with humans it would be unethical.

Yeah I know that to be true but think with the way medical and technology advances go (the speed it progresses) we may see something like this in 5 to 10 years in more complex animals, maybe even humans?

Quote from: Midgear on February 16, 2011, 11:58:43 AM
Yeah I know that to be true but think with the way medical and technology advances go (the speed it progresses) we may see something like this in 5 to 10 years in more complex animals, maybe even humans?

I wouldn't have thought so working in science I see all sorts of grand promises whitch then turn out to have complications impairing it's deployment this method isn't viable for humans it would be unethical.

I can see this having applications for livestock and for us scientists isolating gene varients.

Maybe one day in the future 30-50 years maybe but not within any reasonable time frame.