are genes important for success

[boonb11]

Does you parent's genes affect your ability to find success in life. Or does the environment eg. school have a greater impact?

 

[Disgustipated]

Oh good, another Yates.

 

[semen4her]

If only I had a Hackman...

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

How you cope is all that matters.

 

[HAL_9000]

Dress slacks might be better than jeans for success, generally speaking.

 

[LongDrySpell]

How you cope is all that matters.

Assuming that you start with mostly average, yes. But if you start with a major genetic fuckup (Prader-Willi Syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, cri-du-chat, I could go on for days), you're pretty well screwed.

First day of Genetics 201: EVERYTHING = genes + environment + the interaction between genes and environment

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Assuming that you start with mostly average, yes. But if you start with a major genetic fuckup (Prader-Willi Syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, cri-du-chat, I could go on for days), you're pretty well screwed.

First day of Genetics 201: EVERYTHING = genes + environment + the interaction between genes and environment

Read TOPOBIOLOGY: An Introduction to Molecular Embryology by Gerald Edelman, and lets talk some more.

 

[LongDrySpell]

Read TOPOBIOLOGY: An Introduction to Molecular Embryology by Gerald Edelman, and lets talk some more.

Give me the short version. My BS is in genetics, but I can't say I've ever taken a class in Molecular Embryology. Molecular Biology, yes, and also cell and developmental bio, biochem, genomics, you name it. Before I go digging for the text, I'd like to know the gist of it.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Give me the short version. My BS is in genetics, but I can't say I've ever taken a class in Molecular Embryology. Molecular Biology, yes, and also cell and developmental bio, biochem, genomics, you name it. Before I go digging for the text, I'd like to know the gist of it.

Identical twins arent identical.

 

[LongDrySpell]

Identical twins arent identical.

That's hardly groundbreaking material. "Identical" is a layman's term - "monoplacental" is the correct medical/scientific term. The rate of gene mutation is about 1 in 10,000 base pairs, so by the time monoplacental twins are born, they have literally thousands of differences. And that's just strictly the genes - there's also that whole environmental factor. No two people have exactly the same life experiences, even if they were raised together. (Or really, even at birth, if we're still talking about monoplacental twins.)