Might suggest a certain asexual deity
So in conclusion, no human self-pregnancies, --virgin birth-- but apparrently in a rabbit{?}, Dam wabbits says Elmer Fudd :--))
..." hermaphroditism, the condition of having both male and female reproductive organs. "....
...." However you sort it out, this is a pretty exclusive group — something
like one person in 5,000 is different enough from the standard model to
be considered intersex. "....
..." Abstract. Gonadal
distribution in 409 cases of human true hermaphroditism is reviewed. An
ovary was found on the left side of the body in 62.8% of the cases and
the testis on the right side in 59.5%. The ovotestis is the most common
gonad of the true hermaphrodite; amongst 806 gonads in 406 cases it was
found in 44.3%. ".....
..."Background: There are 11 reported cases of pregnancy in true hermaphrodites, but none with advanced genetic testing.
All known fetuses have been male. Case: A true hermaphrodite with a
spontaneous pregnancy prenatally known to have a remaining portion of a
right ovotestis, delivered a male neonate "...
Case: A true hermaphrodite with a spontaneous pregnancy prenatally known
to have a remaining portion of a right ovotestis, delivered a male
neonate. The mother has a 46, XX karyotype with polymerase chain
reaction demonstrating low levels of the Yq12 sequence. Postpartum
androgen levels were normal.
Conclusion: Partial removal of testicular tissue may enhance fertility in
hermaphrodites, and there may be a genetic basis for the progeny to be
male. "....
...."The person may have XX chromosomes, XY chromosomes, or both.
The external genitals may be ambiguous or may appear to be female or
male. This condition used to be called true hermaphroditism. "...
..."......pregnancies of true hermaphrodites and self-fertilization in
hermaphrodite mammals that have been published in the last 40 years. The
number of hermaphrodite pregnants reported in the literature since 1975
was 14, the number of pregnancies was 26 and the number of healthy born
babies was 20. All of the babies that were born were male.
........The
pregnancy developed following gonadectomy in seven cases (nine
pregnancies). In some cases, either gonadectomy was not performed at all
or it was performed after pregnancy (eight cases, 17 pregnancies).
.......The
karyotype was 46,XX in four of these eight cases that became pregnant
despite in situ ovotestis while it was 46,XX/46,XY in the other four
cases (chimera). In the literature, pregnancy cases that developed
through self-fertilization were not reported in humans. However,
autofertilization was detected in mammalian hermaphrodites such as
domestic rabbit. "....
...." One especially unusual type of intersex person is known as a chimera,
which results when male and female embryos meld together genetically to
form one individual — and if you think you’ve got identity issues in
your garden-variety life, try coming to terms with that. "...
..." Doctors called in to scrutinize the hanging chad, as it were, found Levi
had a mix of sexual equipment but decided he was mostly male. His
ballot was counted and the Whigs won by one vote. On further examination
some days later, though, it was discovered that Levi had been
menstruating for years and sported a set of “well developed mammae”
which the doctors had somehow missed the first time around. ".....
...." The only way I can imagine self-fertilization happening in a human — and
I’m telling you, this one’s a reach — is in a chimerical individual,
formed of two embryos that fused. Would the child of such a person be a
clone? Of course not, nudnik. First, you’d have to duplicate the
genetics of an individual whose makeup was, by definition, an
irreproducible accident.
......Second, the two fused embryos would be
fraternal twins (one’s male and one’s female, right?) and thus have
different genes.
.....Third, the chromosome-level mechanics of sexual
reproduction (surely you remember that fascinating discussion of meiosis
from sophomore biology) would ensure that the genetic deck got a good
honest shuffle. So while the child of an autofertilizing hermaphrodite
would certainly be a close relative of its parent, it’d be a far cry
from a xerox copy. }...