Is intelligence in the gene..?

Well, I think that gene may effect the level of intelligence of a person. There are some gene diseases that can hinder the development of mental abilities. But on the other hand, without having beneficial genes, intelligence can still be developed through learning, brain capacities can be improved by training and exercises.

many people having research about intelligence .. but until now still have contradiction about intelligence correlation with genetic for me it just how we can use our potential given by god wisely... someone who able to look inside their talent and practice well .. they will got some intelligence but if they lazy even having a talent they will not get anything for their life

i don't think so, i was called retarded constanstly when i was a child and was worse and worse at school, until i was 14 and decided i wanted to be inteligent and begun to study a lot, specially difficult stuff i was afraid at 20 to take an iq test and but the result blow my mind, i'm actually over the majority now, i really think it grew

Yes it could be. The intelligence of a person can be passed from one generation to another generation or it is hereditary. BUT, Intelligence can be also develop through the influence of the environment.

Hi chayapathys! I don't think that intelligence has anything to do with genes. Intelligence in something everyone has but not all shows it that well for people to notice that they're smart. There's no proof or research that shows intelligence has to with genes passed on from parent to child. I also came across cases where parents are intelligent but their children are not really as intelligent as them and vice versa. Thus, i believe that genes has nothing to do with defining whether the child is intelligent or not.

Yes and No... You can also develop intelligence from social environment... and physically can be passed down to your children... So even though a child may be a 'dud', it is very possible for that child to achieve high IQ, just by the difference in its environment around them...

I've often wondered about the intelligence quotient of those who pay more than $50 for a pair of genes ... Yes, sorry - bad joke, I know. Still I don't repent. The infamous nature vs nurture argument. I have no answer. Except still people object to the way I was born. Still people object to the way I was nurtured. Have I offended anyone in either way? I can do nothing more than apologize, though I have had no say in either argument, how I was bred, or how I was nurtured. Can I not be accepted for who I am? Can anyone not be accepted for who they are? Of couse not. We still got to pass the individual test of trustworthiness. and that is different for all sorts of people.

I think nurture plays an important part. I read somewhere that all babies are born with the same 'brain content'. Its the way that you nurture the child will lead the child to be clever or as you say it, a dud. But I guess there is still a lot to be learnt about this.

I think that there is some genetic predisposition to how smart a person can be. However, if that innate talent is not fostered and nourished, then that innate talent will be waste. i do not think that even the best doctors understand how genetics work, or don't work with in a family.

It's in the genes, but not all the good genes parents have can be pass on to the child. The probability of getting a mother's genes is 90% higher than the genes that can be taken from the father. If the mother is smart, the child would be more likely to be smart but there is no guarantee because as I've said, not all child can take the good genes from the parents.