Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The Crime Gene

clipped from news.yahoo.com


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Three genes may play a strong role
in determining why some young men raised in rough neighborhoods
or deprived families become violent criminals, while others do
not, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

People with a particular variation of the MAOA gene called
2R were very prone to criminal and delinquent behavior, said
sociology professor Guang Guo, who led the study.


"I don't want to say it is a crime gene, but 1 percent of
people have it and scored very high in violence and
delinquency," Guo said in a telephone interview.