Why isnt it viable to combine two “male” sperm cells together in an empty egg cell(ovum) to generate a viable embryo artificially?

Question

Considering that we used one 23Y and one 23X (Or two 23X) sperm cells to avoid a 46YY genotype,why wouldnt it work?

In: Biology

Answer 1

My understanding is that the ovum includes a lot of stuff in addition to the chromosomes, for example mitochondria. The sperm only includes the dna.