Genetics and dance

[Greg Shenaut]

The article cited below summarizes results indicating that there are
subtle but reliable differences in two key genes between dancers and
other human beings.

Who would a thunk it?

Greg Shenaut

http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1216&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Profiles&

[phk]

Post by Greg Shenaut
The article cited below summarizes results indicating that there are
subtle but reliable differences in two key genes between dancers and

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Post by Greg Shenaut
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Thanks for the interesing article.

i wonder if any of the athletes in the study are skaters or gymnasts or
any other sports that use movements requiring high degree of coordination like
in dance. i wonder if they have the same genes. if not, the study seems
incomplete to me.

regards,


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[Greg Shenaut]

Post by phk
i wonder if any of the athletes in the study are skaters or gymnasts
or any other sports that use movements requiring high degree of
coordination like in dance. i wonder if they have the same genes. if
not, the study seems incomplete to me.

Well, I haven't gone to the original study, but they did include
various atheletes in their control group. The particular genes they
found seemed to be related more to emotional and/or artistic aspects of
movement, so I suspect that as you get into sports with more emotional
or artistic content, the people who practice them will have been more
likely to have been attracted to the sport by that aspect of it, rather
then the competitive, let's see who can jump higher, part of it. And
also vice-versa, by the way: there are certain corners of the dance
world where raw athleticism and competition are valued relatively
highly; you would probably find a somewhat lower number of these
"genetic dancers" there. In other words, they aren't really "dance
genes", they're just genes that predispose people to have certain kinds
of reactions to movement. Just my opinion.

Greg Shenaut

[phk]

In article <dsibb0$qgf$***@skeeter.ucdavis.edu>, ***@ucdavis.edu (Greg Shenaut) wrote:
[snip] The particular genes they

[snip] I suspect that as you get into sports with more emotional
or artistic content, the people who practice them will have been more
likely to have been attracted to the sport by that aspect of it, rather

[snip] certain corners of the dance

world where raw athleticism and competition are valued relatively
highly; you would probably find a somewhat lower number of these
"genetic dancers" there. In other words, they aren't really "dance
genes", they're just genes that predispose people to have certain kinds
of reactions to movement. Just my opinion.

your conjecture makes sense to me.
but do you find many and "unemotional" dancers who are pure atheletes? i
doubt many make great dancers tho.

bye now,

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