Y-chromosomes

Queen Elizabeth's father, George VI, was a direct male descendant of Victoria and Albert (via George V and Edward VII), but of course had only two daughters so Albert's Y-chromosomes ended with him.

Gibbon Chapter XIX nwhyte 2010

Research into Y-chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA addresses the male and female lines of descent exclusively, so I wondered what these look like for the descendants of Victoria and Albert.

Gibbon Chapter XIX nwhyte 2010

Related research by Michael Hammer of the University of Arizona examined the Y-chromosomes of Jewish men who identified themselves as Cohanim the priestly caste and found over a decade ago that the vast majority had a common ancestor who lived in early Biblical times.

All Jews are cousins - The Panda's Thumb 2010

And though dudes are generally persona non grata in the ladies room, there are exceptions, such as passenger safety or illness, that will allow Y-chromosomes into the forbidden restrooms.

Airline Declares "No Boys Allowed" In The Bathroom - The Consumerist 2010

It would seem unusual that Ashkenazi populations would share the common Y-chromosomes unless the population originated in the region.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?” Update: 2009

We should thank God for a gender specific virus that wiped out the Y-chromosomes.

365 tomorrows » 2006 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006

Somebody would have to do the math, but I think if you had a population that had a higher percentage of Rh- mixing with a population with a lower percentage of Rh-, then Y-chromosomes common in the Rh- population would expand at the expense of the Y-chromosomes in the more Rh+ population.

Neanderthal DNA Kosmo 2008

These be-phudded people got into a conversation about the state of the field of Old English studies, and the people with Y-chromosomes among that cohort got a batch of language bees in their bonnets.

On Language Heo 2007

These be-phudded people got into a conversation about the state of the field of Old English studies, and the people with Y-chromosomes among that cohort got a batch of language bees in their bonnets.

Archive 2007-02-01 Heo 2007

The premise of the article very simplified is that the prevalence of Germanic stock Y-chromosomes in modern Britain is out of all proportion to the evidence we have for the number of Anglo-Saxon invaders.

"Anglo-Saxon Apartheid" Heo 2006