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Wearing the family genes |
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| That you really are the daughter of those two people who claim to be your parents is probably as plain as the nose on your face. However, recent research reveals that the way you think and act has as much to do with the genetic programs hard-wired into your cells as it does with your upbringing and environment. |
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Scientists say that genes account for 30 to 60 percent of what makes you tick. If you can get your friends to go to the movie you choose, if meeting new people excites rather than intimidates you, chances are you have inherited the "extroversion gene" from either mum or dad. Do you fight with your father over that last piece of chocolate cake? A sweet tooth is one of the most common inherited preferences. Likewise, the reason you hate cauliflower and coconut may mean you inherited a deficiency in the enzyme that metabolizes these foods. New research suggests that the genes girls inherit from their fathers explain why they prefer the scents of males whose gene- According to the results of twin and adoption studies, when adoptees grow up in the homes of lawyers and doctors, they have a 50-50 chance of being above average performers in life. The biological kids of those educated parents have an 80 percent chance of being above average. |
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