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Correct. They won't find a leadership gene. They have already sequenced the human genome, which they thought would unlock all kinds of heritable characteristics. But it didn't. What they found was that we have epigenetics. These are genes that are turned on and off by environmental factors. Thus you COULD have the leadership gene in your DNA, but it could be switched off for any number of reasons. And even if your leadership gene(s) is turned on, there could be other genetic switches that over-ride the leadership gene.

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