Y Chromosomes Reveal Founding Father (Giocangga)

Nature ^ | 10-24-2005 | Charlotte Shubert

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[RightWhale]

we are living fossils

On another thread somebody is looking for some kind of information coded into the DNA by space aliens. This must be world DNA day.

[wildbill]

It's good to be the King

[Izzy Dunne]

a lavish existence with many wives and concubines. The study [...] suggests it was a good strategy for reproductive success.

Captain Obvious Strikes Again!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The male descendants of Giocangga, like Khan's sons and grandsons, ruled over vast swathes of land, living a lavish existence with many wives and concubines. The study published in this month's American Journal of Human Genetics suggests it was a good strategy for reproductive success.

Such penetrating insight.

[pabianice]

Adenine-thyamine-cytosine-guanine Ping!

[add925]

It's good to be the King

[blam]

"On another thread somebody is looking for some kind of information coded into the DNA by space aliens. "

I saw that. I didn't bother to comment though.

[BostonianRightist]

About 1.5 million men in northern China and Mongolia may be descended from a single man,

Well, I see my calling. The benchmark is set, all there is to do is go forth and multiply.

[razoroccam]

"Most informative is the small Y chromosome, holed up in the cells of every man, and relatively resistant to change."

Not true. The Y chromosome has the highest mutation frequency of any chromosome.

[razoroccam]

"Adenine-thyamine-cytosine-guanine "

Its thymidine, not thyamine (that is a vitamin)

[ExpatCanuck]

...caused people to hide their noble descent for fear of persecution

Yeah, I know how that feels :)

Hey, no wonder they all look the same!

JUST KIDDING !!

[martin_fierro]

The start of a very new, very wrong, family tree.

[add925]

LOL! My original link to the King prompted a new thread by someone: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1508997/posts

[finnigan2]

"About 1.5 million men in northern China and Mongolia may be descended from a single man,"

- 1.5 million descendent's within a 500 year time-span is not such a big deal. Slick Willy has been at it for only 40 years and he is already estimated to be up to 15 thousand. If bathrooms didn't have sinks, he could have easily doubled that number by now.

[Paine in the Neck]

"Its thymidine, not thyamine (that is a vitamin)"

Actually, it's thymine. They're related thus says the Columbia Encyclopedia "Combined with the sugar deoxyribose in a glycosidic linkage, thymine forms a derivative called thymidine (a nucleoside)..."

[razoroccam]

True - I assumed his spelling was a bit generous regarding "thyamine" to be "thymine". But, as you correctly point out, Thymidine (that is the right spelling) is a derivative of Thymine.

[Paine in the Neck]

True - I assumed his spelling was a bit generous regarding "thyamine" to be "thymine". But, as you correctly point out, Thymidine (that is the right spelling) is a derivative of Thymine.

No big deal; I was just funnin' ya.

[litehaus]

"living fossil"....My 92 YO mother-in-law wears "that" RIBBON, a gift from my daughter.....LOL....