Explain how reproductive technologies are becoming increasingly sophisticated, permitting parents to choose the sex of a baby.
What will be an ideal response?
- One reproductive technology involves separating sperm carrying either the X or Y chromosome and later implanting the desired type into a woman's uterus.
- In another technique, eggs are removed from a woman and fertilized with sperm using in vitro fertilization. Three days after fertilization, the embryos are tested to determine their sex. If they are the desired sex, they then are implanted into the mother.
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