Same-sex mice have babies
Source: BBC
Same-sex mice have babies
By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent, BBC News
11 October 2018
Baby mice have been made with two mums and no dad, say researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
It took a substantial feat of genetic engineering to break the rules of reproduction.
The scientists said the "bimaternal" (two mammas) animals were healthy and went on to have pups of their own.
But there was bad news on the all-male front. Mice with double-dads were attempted, but died within days of being born.
Why even try?
The researchers were trying to answer fundamental questions about why we have sex.
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This adult mouse has two mums and no dad, was healthy and able to have healthy pups of her own