• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    You’re neither the sperm nor the egg. You’re the combination of both the sperm and the egg. 50/50 of what you are came from your mother and your father.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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      Reading the article it seems less like the egg is making a choice, and more like the egg is more attractive to some sperm than others and that causes them to swim faster and in a straighter line to it.

      • Ech@lemm.ee
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        23 hours ago

        Is that true? By mass I guess, but I was always told that, genetically, it’s 50/50.

        • thedarkfly@feddit.nl
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          21 hours ago

          That’s true for nuclear DNA, but there’s genetic code outside of your nucleus, mitochondrial DNA, that you inherit 100% from your mother.

          And that’s only talking DNA, but you’re more than your genetic code. All of the organelles, lipidic membrane, cytoplasm… was generated from the egg material.

  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    no, the strongest and fastest weakened the egg for you, then you just strolled right in and took all the glory.