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David Linden: How Come You’re So Special?

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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Is Your Speech Accent Heritable?

Your speech accent isn't heritable. It's a very rare trait that kind of anchors one end of the human trait spectrum. The foods you ate when you were growing up, the foods your mother ate when she was carrying you in utero are all things that can influence traits. For example, if you're fortunate enough to be born a strong and coordinated then you're much more likely to play ports and practice sports. And in this case, your experience of playing sports and your genetics might have made you fast or coordinated is actually working together. They collaborate and reinforce each other to make ua better athlete.

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