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Instant Egghead – How Do Genes Influence Behavior?

Aug 10, 2012 |  2

Liberal or conservative; gay or straight; adventurous or cautious: How do genes influence our behavior and predispositions? Scientific American's Christine Gorman explains why the answer to this question is more complex than it first appears.


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  1. 1. phalaris 01:32 AM 8/14/12

    Interesting, but does this disprove that there is a significant inherited component to some aspects of behaviour?

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  2. 2. Squeedle 09:38 PM 8/15/12

    @phalaris - It does not rule out a genetic component; it just means there is no single trigger gene for a given behavior, and certainly no guarantee that even a collection of gene variants will result in a given behavior.

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