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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 1302 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Tor - 24/04/2012 10:53:22 PM 836 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns darius_sedai - 24/04/2012 11:43:53 PM 771 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 05:29:45 AM 851 Views
The hair... DomA - 25/04/2012 05:14:52 PM 875 Views
Yeah, that was bothering me too. Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 07:12:31 PM 645 Views
Yup ... Suppose the Moridin body switch theory would explain the dark hair darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 12:28:42 AM 695 Views
That's the biggest problem with B-Sand... Cannoli - 26/04/2012 01:44:40 AM 798 Views
Re: Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns DomA - 25/04/2012 05:57:02 AM 827 Views
Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2012 06:06:53 AM 774 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 807 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 743 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 639 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 839 Views
Indeed darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 09:25:23 AM 683 Views
Re: Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything... DomA - 25/04/2012 03:49:08 PM 1032 Views
Answer to the first question. Palatine - 25/04/2012 04:41:40 PM 907 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 880 Views
I believe the soul of the Channeler is also a factor darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 09:29:07 AM 654 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 997 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 664 Views
True, but the odds of Channelers having children with the ability are vastly higher darius_sedai - 26/04/2012 10:48:00 AM 714 Views
But in that very revelation, Nynaeve claims that "mother following daughter was rare" Cannoli - 27/04/2012 03:24:21 AM 789 Views
I'm agreeing with you darius_sedai - 27/04/2012 10:27:05 AM 666 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 667 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 669 Views
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