Does genetics affect Behaviour and intelligence? – I'm a Scientist 2024/25

Question: Does genetics affect Behaviour and intelligence?
- Keywords:
  behaviour,
  genes,
  genetics,
  intelligence
Asked by Melis to Philippa H on 18 Mar 2025.
- Philippa Harding answered on 18 Mar 2025:
  
  Genes do affect behaviour and intelligence, but so does the environment you grow up in. Genes define potential behavioural tendencies or intelligence, but the environment determines whether that potential is reached.

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