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A half-male, half-female chicken. From the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh.
Why did the chicken cross…dress? Sounds like a joke, but it’s somewhat legit: Researchers have determined that poultry that appear to be half-male, half-female are genetically that: male-female “chimeras.”
In mammals, an embryo's sex is determined when a genetic switch starts the development of “male” or “female” gonads. The gonads then release hormones that instruct other cells to develop as a certain sex. This process was generally assumed to apply to all vertebrates, but a new study appearing today in the journal Nature shows that, at least in chickens, gonads alone don’t determine sex; cells across the body also play a role. In chicken chimeras, "nearly every cell...from wattle to toe—has an inherent sex identity,” writes Janet Fang in a news article on the study.
Chimeric chickens have white feathers and large wattles and breast muscles on the “manly” side, and darker coloring on the “lady” side. The process leading to their yin-yang patterns probably applies to other species of birds, writes Fang, but such male-female individuals (also called gynandromorph) aren’t noticed as much “because differences between the sexes aren't as pronounced.”
The study “means we must now reassess how this developmental process occurs in other organisms,” said the lead author, Michael Clinton, in a press release. “There is already some evidence that organs such as the heart and brain are intrinsically different in males and females, and birds may provide a model for understanding the molecular basis for these gender differences." As long as future research doesn't show that women are genetically predisposed to be in the kitchen cooking the chicken, full steam ahead.
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Intersex, not bisexual.
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Um. It sounds like you are confusing bisexual with transgendered.
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Well, the first definition that Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary offers for "bisexual" is: possessing characters of both sexes. The second definition is: of, relating to, or involving both sexes.
This said, the title of my post was not intended to characterize chimera chickens definitively as "bisexual," but simply to probe at the idea--hence the question mark.
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what year was the
what year was the publication of the dictionary... was it before or after 1990? The term "bisexual" actually originally was intended for plants, not animals, nor people. In current usage it can refer to plants, or sexual orientation. A funny thing when you have an ever changing "living language" such as English.
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Um, this should say intersexed chickens, not bisexual. Sounds like you need a dictionary...
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I do not think that chicken is bisexual. These two genera, not bisexual. All bisexual men and women walking by not having male and female genitalia!
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THIS is the result of NOT enough good science teachers. Ms. Leibach is correct. She meant what she wrote. The rest of you need to go back to school... at least start watching the science channel.
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While I have no idea if
While I have no idea if modern farming practices, including feed ration components, have impacted the birds in this study, I will say that there is plenty of interesting research regarding poultry sexuality documented in historic poultry texts. During the early part of the 1900's there were many Agricultural Experiment Stations. Much of the most useful information derived at these stations was documented in Morley Jull's two books: Poultry Breeding, and Poultry Husbandry.
There were cases of chickens changing sex, then changing sex back again – even producing offspring (though I believe that was limited to one phase). There were also cases of unfertilzed turkey hens producing fertile eggs.
It might be well to look back at old research before we draw any solid conclusions.
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I have another question why they are so tasty and we like eating them, instead of having this birds as our pets.
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I think you mean intersexed
I think you mean intersexed chickens? But anyway this is interesting, thanks for the story.
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I have never heard of chickens like this before. They can be half male and female. I wonder why they are like this. There needs to be more research on this.
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I'm completely surprised. Even now, we keep finding new things and old theories keep getting debunked. So its just lot more than just falling in love and making eggs that are male or felame with gonads. All the cells actually make a difference? That's news to me!
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I am not surprised to see the genetically modified chickens as we are already seeing genetically modified animals. Its a little bit odd but humans will be next they reckon.
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