In article <6rcgrt$f0c at sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com>,
sbharris at ix.netcom.com(Steven B. Harris) wrote:
> you. also, whose ova is a million years old? now that i really dont
> understand. >how can a person's eggs be older than they are?
> >
> >hazel
>> Your ova are make from two cells which are obviously older than you
> are-- one comes from your father, and one from your mother. You can
> argue that the cell from your father has been rigorously selected out,
> so that only a perfect copy gets to do the job. But the mechanism for
> that with ova is much less obvious, if this happens. So far as we
> knows, follicles mature randomly, and the one that opens first is the
> one that gets the chance. It may be that some subtle selection is
> going on beforehand, I admit. You do, after all, start out with 10 or
> 100 million oocytes, and a thus a lot more disappear each month than
> are released.
>> Steve Harris
wait, as far as i understand i was made from the union of a sperm and an
egg cell. however, those are long gone. the DNA is still around, but DNA
is not a cell. what cells in me are older than me? i think i am missing a
genetic point. if i pass on my dna to my child, he or she will have half
my dna but not any of "my" cells, i.e. cells in me right now. or will
s/he? am i wrong?
as for the rest: what do you mean by saying my father's sperm cell was
"selected out" ?
hazel
