#3 Genetics
Facts given here have more to do with child health than intelligence. However a healthy body houses healthy mind. Parents with high IQ are likely to have intelligent child. The child’s IQ is likely to be an average of father and mother’s IQ. Else it may be a copy of either of them. At times it can be abnormally low or quite high.Crick and Watson (1994) who discovered DNA say “you, your joys and sorrows, sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.”This Chapter and Podcast includes information on:The GenomeGenomicsObesityDiabetesAutosomal RecessiveAutosomal DominantX-Linked RecessiveX-Linked DominantGenetic CounselingDr. Rajesh ShuklaMD, Pediatrician
