Genetic coding- 100% real world or fantasy for literature?
This is a carryover discussion from this thread where this sub-topic went off the rails as far as topic to be discussed. So let's discuss how the author is using genetics in his own story as we seem to have come to crossroads of information.
A main point in that discussion by @Megorova is that George has mapped out the last 300+ years of genetics for most all of his characters in ASOAIF based on real world genetics. This goes beyond the basic literary telling of the simplified "Baratheons a
That's very likely. Provoking an abortion after the first trimester can result in very serious consequences. Because she actually wanted to have the baby it's very likely she was hiding the pregnancy from her father until it was impossible not to notice, resulting in a late abortion. Hoster mentions a lot of blood. An early miscariage usually is like a heavy flow and some cramping and that's it. Not very noteworthy. A late abortion may take full labour, contractions, hemorrhages, the birth of a