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From: vac@cs.cmu.edu (Vincent Cate)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Can you cross humans and monkeys?
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Date: 8 Jun 91 06:05:40 GMT
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Does anyone know if anyone has ever done experiments to see if 
humans and any type of monkey can cross and produce live offspring?

I remember a biology professor saying that the DNA of donkeys and 
horses was less similar than that of humans and some type of monkeys,
or apes.  It is possible to cross a donkey and a horse (you get a mule, 
which can not have children).  He thought it might be possibile for
humans and monkeys to cross but he did not know of anyone that had
tried this experiment.

If not the full experiment, how about just in a testtube to see if the
cell even starts dividing?

Thanks for any info,

   -- Vince
      vac@cs.cmu.edu