The number of limbs, fingers etc. is probably quite heritable as this is related to serious genetic disorders. http://www.quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/ …pic.twitter.com/FVbYiKayx6
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Prenatal alcohol runs in families but is not genetic. Tough to know GenRul if no one does studies bc gestation too political
There's no need to overfuse me with your interest in FAS. And surely FAS is heritable too because drinking is. @JamboJanet
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Sorry to overfuse (?),but one cannot get FASD unless mom drinks during pregnancy. So, not heritable,but runs in families.
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Very disturbing.Scientists? I fear for this society where nonsense can rise to the top. https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=10172&bhcp=1 …
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FAS is unlikely to be a pure genetic confound. E.g. look at animal lit. https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0094621 …
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Scant testing of that in humans. One sibling control study found no effect, other weak barely significant one.
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