Dancing Genes
Done any dancing at this season’s holiday parties? You may be giving people some hints as to your genetic quality.
Dr William Brown and colleagues at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and the University of Washington, Seattle studied 183 Jamaican men and women and found that those judged to be better dancers also happened to be more symmetrical. Symmetry leads to better muscle coordination which may give clues about a person’s genes.
This does not bode well for my genes.
Telegraph, December 22, 2005
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4 opinions for Dancing Genes
Krissy
Dec 22, 2005 at 9:08 am
I love to dance and am an excellent dancer.
I’m also fairly semmetrical (something I will further explore in Speckblogs “how to take a good self-portrait” coming soon).
This is why, even when I’m pudgy, people still find me attractive. Thank heaven.
I love to dance. Swing is making a comeback and it’s so bittersweet. Places to go and swing dance? AWESOME! The time and clothes to do it? Crap. I have neither of those.
Plus it makes me surly when I see all the recent swing stuff as if it’s around for the first time. In the late 90’s when it came back it had been out of fashion for almost 50 years. Now it was out of fashion for 6 years. That hardly seems fair to call it a “new” trend.
I have dancing issues.
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Dec 23, 2005 at 12:50 am
Krissy: I hope I get to see you dance in person someday! I’m sure you exhibit excellent genes. :D
Chris
Dec 23, 2005 at 7:13 pm
Huh… I am considering this in light of the stereotype (generally true) that homosexuals are better dancers… I like, I like…
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Dec 24, 2005 at 2:39 am
Chris: LOL That’s a very interesting observation! Thanks for the comment.
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