GENETICS: The REASON Why You Will NEVER HAVE LONG HAIR! Free Giveaways Weekly Updates By Email! http://eepurl.com/Am3Kb Buy My Books, DVDs, and T-Shirts at http://www.howtoblackhairstore.com My Website: http://www.howtoblackhair.com Twitter:... By: Breanna Rutter … Continue reading →

Genetics - Cytogenetic maps part 6 of 6 Updated Genetics - Cytogenetic maps part 6 of 6 Updated http://www.sicklecellanaemia.org Resource part 6 of 6. Part of the UK Open Education Programme supporting the sharing of educational materials and... By: Jeannie Carlisle … Continue reading →

Media reports about behavioural genetics unintentionally induce unfounded beliefs, therefore going against the educational purpose of scientific reporting, writes the University of Montreals Alexandre Morin-Chass, following his study of 1,500 Americans. Among other things, we wanted to know if the public understood (or misunderstood) popular science articles about a new research field, genopolitics, and whether this popularization indeed helped people have an informed opinion on human genetics, Morin-Chass explained. The study participants first had to read a news article about research on the influence of a gene on one of the following three traits: breast cancer, political ideology (liberal or conservative), or the tendency to go into debt. After reading the article assigned to them, they were then asked to estimate the influence of genetics on various biological (e.g., hair colour, height) or behavioural (e.g., violence, alcoholism) traits on a scale from 0% genetic to 100% genetic. They were told that there were no right or wrong answers. The purpose of the study was simply to examine the interpretation of facts. The conclusions were troubling, to say the least. Morin-Chass observed that after reading an article published in the British Daily Telegraph in October 2010 about a "gene responsible for … Continue reading →