Until now, we have assumed that intelligence is based on both the father’s and the mother’s genes. However, according to a new study, intelligence depends on a mother’s X chromosome. Intelligence genes are situated on the mother’s X chromosome. Thus, an intelligent mom has intelligent kids even if their fathers aren’t wise. Scientists from the University of Cambridge conducted this study.
The ‘conditioned genes’ behave differently depending on their origin. They possess a unique biochemical marker that enables them to trace their ancestry. Thus, they reveal whether they are active or not within the progeny cells. If that same gene is hereditary from the father, it is deactivated. Other genes work the opposite. They activate only if they arrive from the father.
According to this new study, a woman’s genes go directly to the cerebral cortex in an embryo. They play a vital role in attention, memory, awareness, perception, thought, language, and consciousness. Similarly, the father’s genes go to the limbic system. They are vital and responsible for growing tissue that will shape the placenta.
Scientists found that when embryos created from only the mother’s genes are transferred into the uterus, they then die. Hence, it is proved that the conditioned genes are activated only when inherited from the mother. This was a significant development and has been a key to understanding the co-evolution of the brain and the genome’s conditioning.
Additionally, if these genes are essential for the embryo’s development, they should also play a significant role in the lives of animals and people. But the problem was how to prove why embryos with only one parent’s genes died quickly.
It suggests that intelligence corresponds with the quality of the relationship between parents and children.
Indeed, intelligence is also closely tied to the high-quality relationship between parents and children. The kids who had strong attention in the first years are more able to solve problems. They are also passionate about it, but it is excellent to know that our mothers are awesome!
