How many times has it happened that you have been unable to give up the temptation to smoke, gotten drunk at just the second shot of vodka or just not able to wake in the morning for that jog you always planned on taking! It turns out some of those traits might actually not be your fault. Genes are responsible for certain physical attributes such as the color of your hair and eyes, the shape of your nose and whether or not you have dimples, but also certain behavioral traits are hereditary and not environment related so but the next time someone points out your flaws you can blame them on your genes. Here are the top 10 things you could blame your genes for:
10.Early Onset Myopia (Childhood Nearsightedness)
Myopia or nearsightedness causes the eyes to see nearby objects clearly but far away objects out of focus.So if you have been saddled with glasses since you were young, it is likely that this tendency is higher if one or both of your parents are myopic as well. Hence genetic factors apart from environmental factors such as stress influence myopia. Multiple family studies report a relationship between myopia in parents to myopia in their children. Furthermore, children with a family history of myopia have, on eye exam,revealed changes within the structures of the eye that increase their probability of developing myopia which leads to the conclusion that our genetic make up indeed is responsible for eye growth. The next time your mom berates you for watching too much television and ruining your eyes, you can bargain for more time with the argument that you have a greater probability of that happening due to heredity!
9.Alcoholism
Lucky for all you binge drinkers out there, recent studies indicate that the development of alcoholism is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. "It appears that the development of alcoholism is not a case of genetics versus the environment; it is one of genetics and the environment," says Dr. Ting-Kai Li, distinguished professor of medicine and biochemistry at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. Family studies have proven for a fact that their genes do influence alcoholism and that your drinking behavior as well alcohol tolerance level is impacted by genetic differences. So the occasional,"it's in my genes", wouldn't be a wrong statement to justify your drinking!
8.Baldness
About 95% of hair loss from the scalp comes from heredity. If your grandparents and or your parents sport the bald patch, you may inherit that as well. Called male pattern baldness (MBP) this hair loss can start as early as in your thirties and ends in complete baldness. Balding can skip generations and it is randomly incident among siblings, so if you are lucky enough maybe you don't possess the gene to make you follically challenged otherwise, at present there is no way to avoid male pattern baldness from happening so hope you look as good as Vin diesel when genetics takes over.
7.Gambling
Apparently the probability of you being a gambler is much higher than your probability of winning in roulette, if one of your parents is addicted to throwing the dice. According to a new study of Australian twins, scientists have found that genes play a role in a number of addictions which includes gambling . Researcher Wendy Slutske of the University of Missouri told Reuters Health, "Previous research in men showed that gambling addiction can run in the family,This study extends those findings to include women." If you find yourself unable to control yourself from going into the casino you know who to blame!
6.Laziness
Turns out that your inclination to be a couch potato is not really a sin! According to a new US research, genes do act as a deciding factor in deciding your level of activity and motivation for the same. Researchers from the University of Missouri reached the above conclusion by performing the experiment by breeding rats which were either extremely active or extremely indolent, selectively. Researcher Frank Booth said and I quote, "We have shown that it is possible to be genetically predisposed to being lazy," This could be an important step in identifying additional causes for obesity in humans. It would be very useful to know if a person is genetically predisposed to having a lack of motivation to exercise, because that could potentially make them more likely to grow obese."
审校:浅芷湄 编辑:Lion 来源:前十网