The Gene For Speech

November 5th, 2009

Originally Written by: Tina Hesman Saey

Originally Posted on: ScienceNews

In this article, scientists have found a gene that allows you to speak! This gene was dubbed the name tospeak. This gene was first found by inspecting an australian family whose voices where so inaudable. Scientists inspected these subjects only to find that there vocal cords were very very weak. The scientists then concluded that there was a gene that gave everyone the strength they needed in there vocal cords to be able to speak and be heard.

What do you think about this gene?

Do you think there are different genes for different parts of the body that scientists haven’t found?

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4 Responses to “The Gene For Speech”

  1.   5hannahr on November 5, 2009 9:08 pm

    It is new and cool to me that there is a gene for speech. I think there is genes that scientists have’t found because there is so many things going on in our bodies.

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  2.   2angelicaa on November 5, 2009 9:14 pm

    I think that this gene is pretty cool to have gave a family a voice and their are always new things that have never been discovered. we never know if that mystical creature was really there or if it was fake. The world has countless speicies and other places that you can’t name because we are yet to know what it is and if you never try to find it then you never will.

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  3.   5amberc on November 6, 2009 5:26 pm

    I think that there are different genes for the body why i dont know but it might just be that way

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  4.   5codyd on November 16, 2009 4:53 pm

    I think this gene is pretty cool. There are probably a bunch of genes scientists have yet to discover.

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