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Los niños heredan la inteligencia de la madre y no del padre



INDEPENDENT.- A mother's genetics determines how clever her children are, according to researchers, and the father makes no difference.

Women are more likely to transmit intelligence genes to their children because they are carried on the X chromosome and women have two of these, while men only have one.

But in addition to this, scientists now believe genes for advanced cognitive functions which are inherited from the father may be automatically deactivated.

A category of genes known as “conditioned genes” are thought to work only if they come from the mother in some cases and the father in other cases. Intelligence is believed to be among the conditioned genes that have to come from the mother.

Laboratory studies using genetically modified mice found that those with an extra dose of maternal genes developed bigger heads and brains, but had little bodies. Those with an extra dose of paternal genes had small brains and larger bodies.

Researchers identified cells that contained only maternal or paternal genes in six different parts of the mouse brains which controlled different cognitive functions, from eating habits to memory.

Cells with paternal genes accumulated in parts of the limbic system, which is involved in functions such as sex, food and aggression. But researchers did not find any paternal cells in the cerebral cortex, which is where the most advanced cognitive functions take place, such as reasoning, thought, language and planning.

Concerned that people might not be like mice, researchers in Glasgow took a more human approach to exploring intelligence. They found the theories extrapolated from mice studies bear out in reality when they interviewed 12,686 young people between the ages of 14 and 22 every year from 1994. Despite taking into account several factors, from the participants education to their race and socio-economic status, the team still found the best predictor of intelligence was the IQ of the mother.

However, research also makes it clear that genetics are not the only determinant of intelligence - only 40 to 60 per cent of intelligence is estimated to be hereditary, leaving a similar chunk dependent on the environment.
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150 líderes republicanos han retirado ya su apoyo a Trump

The New York Times publica una lista de los líderes republicanos que han ido retirando su apoyo a Donald Trump por fechas y acontecimientos que han provocado su reacción. En azul, los que han dicho que votarán por Hillary Clinton. Ver la gráfica, aquí


Dec. 11, 2015
Representative Reid Ribble of Wisconsin says he will not support Mr. Trump if he is the Republican nominee.

Mr. Ribble
Dec. 16, 2015
“Trump ... is employing the kind of hateful rhetoric and exploiting the insecurities of this nation, in much the same way that allowed Hitler and Mussolini to rise to power in the lead-up to World War II.”

Christine Todd WhitmanFormer governor of New Jersey
Dec. 18, 2015

Dec. 22, 2015

Robert J. DoldRepresentative of Illinois
Jan. 14, 2016

Peter WehnerFormer official in the Reagan and both Bush administrations

Feb. 1, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Carlos CurbeloRepresentative of Florida
Feb. 25, 2016

Justin AmashRepresentative of Michigan
Feb. 28, 2016
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“A presidential candidate who boasts about what he’ll do during his ‘reign’ and refuses to condemn the K.K.K. cannot lead a conservative movement in America.”

Ben SasseSenator of Nebraska
Feb. 29, 2016

Paul D. WolfowitzFormer deputy defense secretary

Ken MehlmanFormer White House political director and Republican National Committee chairman

Mel MartinezFormer Florida senator and R.N.C. chairman
March 1, 2016

Scott RigellRepresentative of Virginia
March 2, 2016

Charlie BakerGovernor of Massachusetts
More than 100 Republican national security leaders, many of them former Republican administration officials, sign a letter stating they are “unable to support a party ticket with Mr. Trump at its head.”

Robert D. BlackwillFormer top Iraq adviser on the National Security Council

Eliot A. CohenFormer State Department counselor

Michael ChertoffFormer secretary of Homeland Security

Patrick M. CroninFormer assistant administrator of the Agency for International Development

Eric S. EdelmanFormer national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney

Jim KolbeFormer representative of Arizona

Gus ColdebellaFormer acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security

Chester A. CrockerAssistant secretary of state for African affairs in the Reagan administration

Richard A. FalkenrathFormer deputy homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush

Peter FeaverNational security official in the George W. Bush administration

Richard FontaineFormer State Department and National Security Council official

Myriah JordanFormer special assistant to President George W. Bush

Frances TownsendFormer deputy national security adviser under President George W. Bush

Francis Q. HoangFormer associate counsel to President George W. Bush

Aaron FriedbergFormer deputy national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney

Kenneth AdelmanFormer director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Frank LavinUnder secretary of commerce for President George W. Bush; political director in the Reagan White House

Mary Beth LongFormer assistant secretary of defense

James K. GlassmanFormer under secretary of state

Richard MilesFormer director for North America, National Security Council

Andrew S. NatsiosFormer administrator of the Agency for International Development

Nicholas RostowFormer legal adviser to the National Security Council

Kori SchakeFormer director of defense strategy at the National Security Council

Kristen SilverbergFormer assistant secretary of state

William H. TobeyFormer deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration

Dov S. ZakheimFormer under secretary of defense

Robert B. ZoellickFormer United States trade representative

Philip D. ZelikowFormer counselor of the State Department

David GordonFormer director of policy planning at the State Department

Paul HaenleFormer director for China and Taiwan, National Security Council

William InbodenFormer strategic adviser at the National Security Council

David KramerFormer assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor

Robert G. JosephFormer under secretary of state for arms control and international security affairs

Scott W. MullerFormer C.I.A. general counsel

Stephen D. KrasnerFormer policy planning director at the State Department

Roger F. NoriegaFormer assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs

Roger ZakheimFormer deputy assistant secretary of defense

Paul D. MillerFormer director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, National Security Council
March 3, 2016

“He has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president.”

Mitt RomneyRepublican presidential nominee in 2012 and a former governor of Massachusetts

Norm ColemanFormer senator of Minnesota
March 9, 2016

Richard HannaRepresentative of New York
In August, Mr. Hanna became the first Republican member of Congress to announce that he would vote for Hillary Clinton.
March 15, 2016

Mickey EdwardsFormer representative of Oklahoma
March 16, 2016

Rudy FernandezFormer special assistant to President George W. Bush
March 23, 2016
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March 24, 2016

Larry HoganGovernor of Maryland
May 6, 2016

Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepresentative of Florida

Jeb BushFormer presidential candidate and governor of Florida

Lindsey GrahamSenator of South Carolina
May 10, 2016

Bob InglisFormer representative of South Carolina
“He’s insulted me, the people I love, the community I represent.”

Rosario MarinU.S. Treasurer under George W. Bush
May 17, 2016

Tom RidgeFormer secretary of Homeland Security and governor of Pennsylvania
June 7, 2016
“I find Donald Trump’s belief that an American-born judge of Mexican descent is incapable of fairly presiding over his case is not only dead wrong, it is un-American.”

Mark S. KirkSenator of Illinois
“Just when you think he can’t dig a hole deeper, he accuses a Mexican judge of not being competent to rule on the case.”

Christopher ShaysFormer representative of Connecticut
June 8, 2016

Tom CampbellFormer representative of California
June 12, 2016
Orlando shootingJune 15, 2016

Arne CarlsonFormer governor of Minnesota
June 16, 2016

Richard L. ArmitageFormer deputy secretary of state
June 22, 2016

Brent ScowcroftNational security adviser to Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George Bush
June 24, 2016
“The G.O.P., in putting Trump at the top of the ticket, is endorsing a brand of populism rooted in ignorance, prejudice, fear and isolationism.”

Henry M. Paulson Jr.Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush
July 1, 2016

Marc F. RacicotFormer governor of Montana and R.N.C. chairman

Aug. 2, 2016

Charlie DentRepresentative of Pennsylvania
Aug. 3, 2016
“Donald Trump is beginning to cross a lot of red lines of the unforgivable in politics.”

Adam KinzingerRepresentative of Illinois

Vin WeberFormer representative of Minnesota
Aug. 4, 2016
“I am ever more confirmed in my belief that Trump is a sociopath, without a conscience or feelings of guilt, shame or remorse.”

Gordon J. HumphreyFormer senator of New Hampshire
Aug. 8, 2016
“It is inconceivable that anyone, much less a presidential candidate, would attack two Gold Star parents. Rather than honoring their sacrifice and recognizing their pain, Mr. Trump disparaged the religion of the family of an American hero.”

Susan CollinsSenator of Maine

Lezlee WestineFormer director of the White House public liaison office under President George W. Bush

William G. MillikenFormer governor of Michigan
Fifty senior national security officials from Republican administrations, many who served under President George W. Bush, sign a letter declaring that Mr. Trump would put the country’s security at risk. Many also signed the March letter.

John D. NegroponteFormer director of national intelligence

Donald B. AyerFormer deputy attorney general

John B. Bellinger IIIFormer legal adviser to State Department and National Security Council

Gary EdsonFormer deputy national security adviser

Jendayi FrazerFormer special assistant to the president

Michael J. GreenFormer special assistant to the president for national security affairs

Brian GundersonFormer State Department chief of staff

Michael V. HaydenFormer C.I.A. director

Carla A. HillsFormer United States trade representative

John HillenFormer assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs

Reuben Jeffery IIIFormer under secretary of state

James JeffreyFormer deputy national security adviser

Ted KassingerFormer deputy secretary of commerce

James LangdonFormer chairman, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

Peter LichtenbaumFormer assistant secretary of commerce

Clay LoweryFormer assistant secretary of the Treasury

Robert McCallumFormer associate attorney general

Meghan O'SullivanFormer deputy national security adviser

Dan PriceFormer deputy national security adviser

Stephen SlickFormer senior director for intelligence programs

Shirin R. Tahir-KheliFormer special assistant to the president

William H. Taft IVFormer deputy secretary of defense and ambassador to NATO

Larry D. ThompsonFormer deputy attorney general

John VeroneauFormer deputy United States trade representative

Kenneth WainsteinFormer assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism

Matthew WaxmanFormer deputy assistant secretary of defense
Aug. 9, 2016


William D. RuckelshausFormer Environmental Protection Agency administrator

William K. ReillyFormer Environmental Protection Agency administrator
Aug. 10, 2016


Connie MorellaFormer representative of Maryland

Fred T. Goldberg Jr.I.R.S. commissioner under President George Bush

David DurenbergerFormer senator of Minnesota
Aug. 12, 2016

Robert TuttleFormer ambassador to Britain under George W. Bush and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan for personnel
Aug. 14, 2016
“I haven’t heard an economic concept come out of Trump’s mouth except for protectionism and lower taxes. If you put those two together, that is a recipe for disaster.”

Carlos M. GutierrezPresident George W. Bush’s commerce secretary
Aug. 16, 2016

Tom ColemanFormer representative of Missouri
Sept. 2, 2016

Charles FriedSolicitor general under President Ronald Reagan

Stuart BernsteinAmbassador to Denmark under President George W. Bush
Sept. 28, 2016

John WarnerFormer senator of Virginia
Sept. 29, 2016

Sherwood BoehlertFormer representative of New York

Claudine SchneiderFormer representative of Rhode Island
Oct. 7, 2016
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“I’m out. I can no longer in good conscience endorse this person for president. It is some of the most abhorrent and offensive comments that you can possibly imagine.”

Jason ChaffetzRepresentative of Utah

Barbara ComstockRepresentative of Virginia

Mike CrapoSenator of Idaho

Gary HerbertGovernor of Utah

Mike LeeSenator of Utah

George E. PatakiFormer governor of New York
Oct. 8, 2016
“I will not be voting for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton and instead will be writing in Governor Pence for president on Election Day.”

Kelly AyotteSenator of New Hampshire

Robert BentleyGovernor of Alabama

Bradley ByrneRepresentative of Alabama

Mike CoffmanRepresentative of Colorado

Dennis DaugaardGovernor of South Dakota

Rodney DavisRepresentative of Illinois

Cory GardnerSenator of Colorado

Scott GarrettRepresentative of New Jersey

Cresent HardyRepresentative of Nevada

Joe HeckRepresentative of Nevada, running for Senate

Jon M. Huntsman Jr.Former governor of Utah

Carly FiorinaFormer chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and candidate for G.O.P. nomination

Deb FischerSenator of Nebraska

Jeff FlakeSenator of Arizona

Jeff FortenberryRepresentative of Nebraska
“I will not vote for a nominee who has behaved in a manner that reflects so poorly on our country. Our country deserves better.”

John KasichGovernor of Ohio

John KatkoRepresentative of New York

Steve KnightRepresentative of California

Frank LoBiondoRepresentative of New Jersey

Mia LoveRepresentative of Utah

Susana MartinezGovernor of New Mexico
“Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy.”

John McCainSenator of Arizona

Lisa MurkowskiSenator of Alaska

Erik PaulsenRepresentative of Minnesota

Tim PawlentyFormer governor of Minnesota

Rob PortmanSenator of Ohio

Condoleezza RiceFormer Secretary of State under George W. Bush

Martha RobyRepresenative of Alabama

Tom RooneyRepresentative of Florida
“This video exposed not just words, but now an established pattern which I find to be repulsive and unacceptable for a candidate for president of the United States. I cannot support him as my party’s nominee.”

Brian SandovalGovernor of Nevada

Arnold SchwarzeneggerFormer governor of California

Chris StewartRepresentative of Utah

Dan SullivanSenator of Alaska
“Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately.”

John ThuneSenator of South Dakota and chairman of the Republican Conference

Fred UptonRepresentative of Michigan

Ann WagnerRepresentative of Missouri
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