Lions of Sabi Sands

[Mohawk]

(10-19-2021, 03:01 PM)Thierry Wrote:

(10-19-2021, 02:24 AM)Mohawk Wrote: Bibi Tsalala, the Original Tailless Tsalala Lioness, is the prime example of why that sort of thinking is a mistake.  Her genes are some of the most dominant in the Sabi Sands.  She was the only survivor of the Ximhungwe Breakaway and raised two cubs that eventually spawned a breakaway that spawned a breakaway that seems to be in the process of spawning another breakaway.  Even if Bibi's father (whoever he was) sired no other offspring at all, his bloodline is still one of the most dominant in the Sabi Sands thanks to his daughter.

 
We must beware of paradoxes, smile ...
Here it is a question of the genetic transmission by the maternal lineage, but only from the point of view of the presumed paternal inheritance, the whole, in the will to put in perspective the importance of the maternal line in the perpetuation of the genetic inheritance ...
After a good start, we come to the opposite conclusion, the strength of Bibi's father's blood line, of what what was supposed to be demonstrated.
It's a bit like the dog biting its tail.
I understand, of course, what you meant, but I wanted to point out, that it is difficult not to give in to certain reflexes.

It is difficult to determine the main generator in a bloodline, or to attribute such or such apparently hereditary characteristic to the maternal or paternal line with certainty. This is all the less so as the monitoring of populations is not absolutely possible.
We then tend to focus on physical appearances, which very often, when they are really detectable and distinctive, seem to emerge from the paternal genetic heritage, according to the latest studies in the field (to be taken with a grain of salt, both scientific advances tend to contradict each other as they evolve).
Our considerations in this regard can therefore only be subject to caution and necessarily arbitrary.

For those of us who enjoy following the bloodlines, I think it would be easier to do so through the mothers while noting the potential fathers when they are known.  We shouldn't separate the two was my main point.  I guess I didn't do well enough conveying that.  Either way, it's just my personal opinion.

I haven't been regularly visiting the site since last year.  I see a lot has happened since then.  Very interesting times in the Sabi Sands. Reply