http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,906044,00.html
"Genghis Khan, super-stud: One in every 200 men alive today is a relative of Genghis Khan. This according to a new research paper published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, which notes that Khan's ... er ... enthusiastic attention to the fairer sex during his conquest of central Asia left a dynasty of 16 million men who all share his male Y chromosome. "One thirteenth century Persian historian claimed that within a century of Khan's birth, his enthusiastic mating habits had created a lineage of more than 20,000 individuals," explained Dr. Chris Tyler-Smith co-author of the paper. "That now appears to account for around 8% of the men in central Asia. ...There are only two ways a single Y chromosome can make such a mark on a population. The chromosome could in some way confer its owners with some biological advantage. But given that a Y chromosome is little more than a biochemical switch that turns an embryo into a male child, it is hard to see how it could have such an effect. The other explanation is that its original possessor had some incredible social advantage over other Y chromosome possessors, allowing its owner to pass it on, over and over again. Khan fits that bill perfectly.""
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