V****n 发帖数: 651 | 1 即将发表在“Trends in Genetics”(Available online 7 August 2009, Volume
25)
的文章表明中国人姓氏历史远超其它种族,达到5000年
What’s in a name? Y chromosomes,
surnames and the genetic genealogy
revolution
Turi E. King and Mark A. Jobling
Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester
LE1 7RH, UK
Table 1. Surname statistics for selected countries and populationsa
Country or population
(% of total surveyed)
Mean number
of carriers
per surname
Most
frequent
surname
Percentage
carrying most
frequent | V****n 发帖数: 651 | 2 由于男性Y染色体的基因传子不传女,女儿跟母姓没损失,儿子跟母姓则携带的并不
是外公那一方的Y染色体基因,生物学上讲只不过是自欺欺人。
The simple expectation of a correlation between Y
chromosome type and surname is complicated by several
confounding factors. Some surnames are likely to have
been founded independently more than once (Figure 1);
this will result in more than one Y type being associated
with a given surname. Non-paternity events, the adoption
of male children and deliberate surname change will have
the same consequence (Figure 1).
这段话的最后一句讲的就是这种行为 |
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