tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647542790969230221.post6248660369795538906..comments2023-10-02T03:29:53.174-07:00Comments on The Rough Guide to Evolution: The Charles Darwin Genome ProjectMark Pallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06911675151032525386noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647542790969230221.post-26348581553145170152008-12-17T09:07:00.000-08:002008-12-17T09:07:00.000-08:00We are now around generation number 5-6. If averag...We are now around generation number 5-6. If average number of reproducing offspring per generation per person is 2, that means 32 in generation 5 and 64 in generation 6, so I guess around a hundred. If average per generation is 3, then numbers will be 243 and 729. So I guess several hundred! <BR/><BR/>The wikipedia article here goes a small way towards answering the question:<BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin-Wedgwood_family" REL="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin-Wedgwood_family</A><BR/>But is far from exhaustive. Some more details can be found if one looks up the wikipedia article for each person listed therein, but I don't have the time to go through them all!<BR/><BR/>But this book is just out and I suspect Imelda does list them all. I have a copy on order for Christmas!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wedgwood-Darwin-Dynasty-Imelda-Clift/dp/1906050805" REL="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wedgwood-Darwin-Dynasty-Imelda-Clift/dp/1906050805</A>Mark Pallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911675151032525386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647542790969230221.post-88912864886236803252008-12-17T08:49:00.000-08:002008-12-17T08:49:00.000-08:00Any idea how many Darwin descendants are alive on ...Any idea how many Darwin descendants are alive on earth today? Ballpark estimate???Colin Purringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893755977625752090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647542790969230221.post-56715183180768828452008-12-03T01:26:00.000-08:002008-12-03T01:26:00.000-08:00This post got me thinking. The thousand genomes pr...This post got me thinking. The thousand genomes project is underway but perhaps could be just as successful and loads more interesting if we dug up loads of dead scientists and sequenced them instead of 1000 anonymised individuals. Just imagine; Darwin alongside, Einstein, Bohr, Turing, Curie, Hawking (not dead). Seeing how the mammoth has been done we might even consider pushing technologies and try to get Copernicus, Galileo, da Vinci on the list?James@cancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02825715598810395734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647542790969230221.post-1221977227158149652008-12-01T09:56:00.000-08:002008-12-01T09:56:00.000-08:00Great idea! I vote for sequencing the genomes of D...Great idea! I vote for sequencing the genomes of Darwin's descendants, since 1) that would be a fitting tribute to his work; 2) sequencing his genome would just be too simple by today's standards (given the DNA, that is), whereas you can make a case (read "funding") for studying disease inheritance (call it a pilot study); 3) when his remains are unearthed a few decades or centuries from now, we can see how close the reconstruction was.<BR/><BR/>aDNAntroubleDevolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311145398801992604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647542790969230221.post-41571409832879072852008-11-27T10:28:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:28:00.000-08:00*ahem* call me *ahem**ahem* call me *ahem*Karen Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597701284348386435noreply@blogger.com