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Your high-pitched voice may be in your genes, says new study
Updated On: 13 June, 2023 01:08 PM IST | London | IANS
While vowel sounds such as ah or ee are clearly influenced by culture and context, the scientists found that such measures contain a heritable component, which likely has to do with the shape of the vocal tract and its effect on vowel sounds
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An international team of researchers has identified mutations in a gene that influences the pitch of voices. Speaking is one of the most characteristic human behaviours, and yet the genetic underpinnings of voice and speech are largely unknown. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, revealed the discovery of sequence variants in the gene ABCC9 that influence the pitch of voices.
The team led by deCODE genetics, the genomics company in Reykjavik, that carried out the investigation, combined speech recordings from almost 13,000 Icelanders with data, in the sequence of the genome, to search for common variants in ABCC9 that are associated with a higher-pitched voice.
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