• Question: if there are other life forms can humans fertilise with them?

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      Asked by iMad to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Sarwat, Shreesha on 13 Mar 2015.
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        Peter Maskell answered on 13 Mar 2015:

        only if they are of the same species as us (or we used some sort of genetic engineering) .The definition of a species is “a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. “

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        Shreesha Bhat answered on 13 Mar 2015:

        If they are very similar to us, then yes…if they have even have a single change in the number of chromosomes than us, it will be difficult!

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        Sarwat Iqbal answered on 13 Mar 2015:

        They have to be of same species as us.

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