It is said that over 10 % of Americans are left handed an the same goes for other countries. Some researches say they are not exactly sure what causes people to be left or right handed , but Professor Armur form University of Nottingham and Dr. Davison of University College of London are suggesting that left handedness does not come from genes therefore isn't
inherited. This study used 2,000 set of twins from London Twin Research Unit. In this study researchers compared left and right handedness and looked at over 4,000 people and their genome and found no link to handedness and genes. There research in this article has challenged a previous study that said handedness was linked to a gene called PCSK6. Professor Armur and Dr. Davison believe that there should be a noticeable difference between right and left do to differences in genetic variation. At the end of their study they have determined that handedness is a mixture or a combination of genes, environment, and cultural pressure to conform.
I choose this article because I thought it was interesting and for the fact that the question of handedness was still left some what unanswered because even though the article ends with some ideas about what causes handedness I get the feeling that researchers still are not exactly sure on what the true causes for handedness are. I also found it interesting for the article to included that it could be pressure from people to conform to society that makes people be left or right handed. I have heard of people forcing or teaching their children to be right handed so I found it easy to correlate the information form this article to real life.
