if you mixed genes of a human and a bull in a lab, would it be possible to create a minotaur?

Question: if you mixed genes of a human and a bull in a lab, would it be possible to create a minotaur?
- Keywords:
  genetic modification,
  minotaur,
  mythical creature
Asked by bensunderland to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 19 Jun 2012.
- Kevin Mahon answered on 19 Jun 2012:
  
  No – minataurs have a bull head and human body – if you mixed the genes (hypothetically!) you would get more of an overall ‘half way’ between the two than two distinct ‘halves’
- Joanna Cruden answered on 19 Jun 2012:
  
  No but I wonder what it would say to us if we could do that! I don’t think it would be very happy!

Question: if you mixed genes of a human and a bull in a lab, would it be possible to create a minotaur?