tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post1318133027947656965..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: The Imperial Y Chromosome To Get Some Competition (Maybe)MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-86566116873419932772011-11-26T11:24:29.355+09:002011-11-26T11:24:29.355+09:00Ah, didn't even think about paternity. Our Y-c...Ah, didn't even think about paternity. Our Y-chromosomes change over time, with or without genetic recombination. Even with perfect records, the current genetic makeup has little in common with that of an emperor of a millennia ago.<br /><br />The most stable genetic material is actually in the mitochondria, which we inherit only from the mothers' side. ^_^Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-76561455835209382352011-11-25T16:26:19.260+09:002011-11-25T16:26:19.260+09:00Herr Morén -
There have been eight reigning empre...Herr Morén -<br /><br />There have been eight reigning empresses, the most recent of which was Go-Sakuramachi in the 18th century. None of the eight had heirs that ascended the throne.<br /><br />The current law does not allow for a reigning empress.<br /><br />As for the paternity issue, the thought that every pregnancy over a period of 1600 years can be accounted for is ludicrous. Indeed, one of the subplots of the Genji Monogatari is Genji, reduced to commoner status, impregnating one of his father's concubines, leading to the birth of a son who is later made emperor.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-90406109979018272002011-11-25T15:02:06.173+09:002011-11-25T15:02:06.173+09:00Hasn't the line passed through an empress a fe...Hasn't the line passed through an empress a few times? If that wayward Y chromosome is so holy (and boy what a simplification to assume it is somehow "the same" through the ages) then it has been well and truly lost a long time ago.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com