Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait
by faissaloo on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:01PM
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Is anyone else concerned about a reduction in genetic diversity?
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The donor is nowhere close to the impact that Genghis Kahn had on the Y chromosome. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180246/ - and that was in the 11th century with a total word population of about 400M.
A few dozen children from one father today, in a world with a population of 7.5B should not be any concern.
Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait
by faissaloo on Saturday June 29, 2019 @07:03AM
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Yeah but that was also an anomaly, which isn't the same as repeatedly decreasing genetic diversity over a number of generations.
Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait
by NickNameNick on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:43PM
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On a global scale, not at all.
Locally, given that some of them had already met each-other without knowing they were half-siblings. Maybe a little.