Talk:Giocangga
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This is a summary that I've made of an article written by Nicholas Wade. You can find the actual article at this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/science/01manc.html?ex=1288501200&en=dfcce04f66944a7a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Scientists Link a Prolific Gene Tree in the Manchu Conquerors of China Summary By Katie Ceas
In this article written by Nicholas Wade, he talks about geneticists that have been studying a similar Y chromosome found in men all over Northern China. The reason why this is such a discovery is because this Y chromosome was shared by a Manchu ruler who lived approximately 500 years ago. “At least 1.6 million men now share this Manchu Y chromosome across East Asia,” says Chris Tyler-Smith, the head of a group of English and Chinese geneticists. The amount of children one leader sired was probably due to the number of concubines the Manchu leaders were able to keep. By calculating the number of mutations of the Y chromosomes in various men, Tyler-Smith says that the common ancestor of this lineage was probably the king Giocangga. However, due to lack of evidence, the results of the research can not be proven and therefore are not made official.
