How greatly would sperm cell deformity affect a child?

Sperm cells (depending on the person and how well he takes care of himself) can come out with deformed sperm cells, is this a contributing factor to child deformity? if so how great of a risk is it?

Or is it just caused by the egg, when fertilized not properly splitting and ending up conjoined?Some feedback would be greatly appreciated :)

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Answer #1

It probably contributes but many deformities occur later when the unborn child developes

Answer #2

Deformities are in fact very largely based on genetics, so it doesn’t matter how f*ed up the sperm may look, as long as they got all the genes together in the right way, no worries. Does your family have a history about deformities?

Answer #3

Well it probably would have a significantly negative impact, but you have to remember the odds of not only this sperm fertilizing an egg, but then the zygote implanting and the fetus surviving 9 months to be born is very low. That’s why there are so many spontaneous miscarriages. Overall, unless there’s a particularly strong genetic mutation that is being passed down, it is not very likely.

Answer #4

Deformities are largely based on genetics. Actually all deformities are in a manner of speaking. Mutations can occur from either the egg or the sperm. Genetic mutations can cause anything from klinefelter’s syndrom, to a higher susceptibility to certain types of cancers. Some mutations are not visible by the eye, or phenotypically expressed, and others are very easy to see such as down syndrome.

How greatly would sperm cell deformity affect a child?

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