2016.5.21 雅思阅读回忆left-handed or right-handed.docVIP

解析见文库内容 Being Left-handed or Right-handed? The world is designed for right-handed people. Why does a tenth of the population prefer the left? A. The probability that two right-handed people would have a left-handed child is only about 9.5 percent. The chance rises to 19.5 percent if one parent is a lefty and 26 percent if both parents are left-handed. The preference, however, could also stem from an infant’s imitation of his parents. To test genetic influence, starting in the 1970s British biologist Marian Annett of the University of Leicester hypothesized that no single gene determines ha