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Questions tagged [genetics]

For questions on neurological or psychological disorders that have a basis in chromosomal abnormalities and/or are heritable

For questions on neurological or psychological disorders that have a basis in chromosomal abnormalities and/or are heritable

For further information see Genetic Disorder.

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Is intelligence (or mental ability) genetically transferred (inherited characteristic) from the parent to the offspring or is it an acquired trait?

The question is simple- whether our mental ability i.e. ability to acquire and store knowledge and comprehend and analyse the stored bits, an inherited trait (i.e. genetically transmitted from the parent to the offspring) or is it an acquired trait…
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Do separate neural circuits express separate genes in the same type of brain matter?

In other words, even though there may be two distinct neural circuits which process separate forms of information in the same type of brain matter (i.e. cerebral cortex processing language in one area and planning in another area) can gene…
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Symptoms of increase leptin receptor

A genetic mutation that increases leptin receptor number. Does that lead to increase appetite or weight gain? I found online that a decrease in the leptin receptor number could produce a feeling of fullness. So it's reasonable to assume that the…
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What does the heritability of a trait mean in practice?

The concept of heritability gets misunderstood a lot, so there are several articles discussing what it doesn't mean. But reading through all of them leaves me confused about what it does mean in practical terms, outside the technical definition. For…
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Is epigenetic the study of environment/genome interaction?

I have troubles understanding epigenetic: to me it seems like the study of environmental factors that change the expression rate of some genes. Therefore, it seems that it is the study of environment/genome interaction. Is it a correct…
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