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Agreed that it is a rather strange twist and seems very sudden to happen within a generation darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 25/04/2012 11:15:09 AM
... just that I found it incredibly strange. From the columns we know that channeling is noticeably absent from Rand's ancestry in the patrilineal line, and from the Queens of Andor's relationship with the Tower and Elayne's status as first channeling Queen in however long, we can deduce that Rand also has no noticeable channeling ancestry in the purely matrilineal line. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be able to channel, as you point out, I just find that to be a peculiar choice on RJ's part since he intended channeling to be genetic.


But going back to the Seanchan it seems plausible that as they now enslave both channeling genders that they would have quickly snapped up many of the recessive gene pool and thus culled the ability in others rather quickly ... This to DomA's point above that it doesn't take much for a double recessive gene sequence to be erased from a population.
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Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Fanatic-Templar - 24/04/2012 08:48:40 PM 1299 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Tor - 24/04/2012 10:53:22 PM 832 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns darius_sedai - 24/04/2012 11:43:53 PM 768 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 05:29:45 AM 847 Views
The hair... DomA - 25/04/2012 05:14:52 PM 874 Views
Yeah, that was bothering me too. Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 07:12:31 PM 644 Views
Yup ... Suppose the Moridin body switch theory would explain the dark hair darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 12:28:42 AM 692 Views
That's the biggest problem with B-Sand... Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:44:40 AM 796 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns DomA - 25/04/2012 05:57:02 AM 825 Views
Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 06:06:53 AM 772 Views
Agreed that it is a rather strange twist and seems very sudden to happen within a generation darius_sedai - 25/04/2012 11:15:09 AM 806 Views
Re: Agreed that it is a rather strange twist and seems very sudden to happen within a generation DomA - 25/04/2012 04:11:55 PM 740 Views
Well the Sharans seem to know as they breed channelers and kill the male offspring darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 12:26:39 AM 636 Views
Re: Well the Sharans seem to know as they breed channelers and kill the male offspring DomA - 26/04/2012 01:42:19 AM 835 Views
Indeed darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 09:25:23 AM 681 Views
Re: Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... DomA - 25/04/2012 03:49:08 PM 1029 Views
Answer to the first question. Palatine - 25/04/2012 04:41:40 PM 905 Views
I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:38:32 AM 878 Views
I believe the soul of the Channeler is also a factor darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 09:29:07 AM 653 Views
I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:39:05 AM 996 Views
Re: I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook DomA - 26/04/2012 02:17:17 AM 662 Views
True, but the odds of Channelers having children with the ability are vastly higher darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 10:48:00 AM 712 Views
But in that very revelation, Nynaeve claims that "mother following daughter was rare" Cannoli - 27/04/2012 03:24:21 AM 787 Views
I'm agreeing with you darius_sedai - 27/04/2012 10:27:05 AM 663 Views
Re: I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook Sidious - 26/04/2012 01:30:54 PM 666 Views
I believe there is a quote that the soul is only part of what determines the Channelers strength darius_sedai - 27/04/2012 10:31:22 AM 666 Views
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