Thursday, October 25, 2012

Developmental Stability the Key to Intelligence?

If Smart is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting by David Dobbs.  The New York Times.  October 23, 2012.

Since scientists are having difficulty in finding the specific genetic keys to intelligence, they are looking elsewhere.  By looking at the mutations we carry and their relationship to developmental stability, the accuracy with which the genetic design is built, they are beginning to discern an association between bodily symmetry and intelligence.  This article is largely based upon the ideas of Kevin Mitchell, a developmental neurogeneticists at Trinity College Dublin.

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