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==Musical Talent==
==Musical Talent==
[[File:Ana Caridad Villeda soprano.jpg|thumb|140px|Mexican soprano Ana Caridad Villeda.]]
People have long debated whether musical ability is inherited. A team of Anglo-American researchers estimated "that between 70 to 80 per cent of an individual's ability to recognise musical pitch is inherited" the heritability of musical talent at 70%, meaning that after allowing for a 30% influence from known factors they assumed that the rest comes from genes. [http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_11043.asp]
People have long debated whether musical ability is inherited. A team of Anglo-American researchers estimated "that between 70 to 80 per cent of an individual's ability to recognise musical pitch is inherited" the heritability of musical talent at 70%, meaning that after allowing for a 30% influence from known factors they assumed that the rest comes from genes. [http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_11043.asp]