Dancing and Sex: Correlated by Shared Genes!

Do you have the dancing gene? Are you a dancing queen? It may be in your genes. According to research there is speculation whether dancing may be linked to survival. It seems that people since the beginning of time communicated with each other when something drastic was about to occur, or there was an urgent message to communicate.

In this study, initially posted in Public Library of Science's genetics journal, two genes were said to be shared between creative dancers. Both genes indicate a pleasant disposition and the ability to communicate well in a social situation. Could these genes indicate an increased sexual capability? If you are a good dancer, does it really make you a good lover?

Dancing has been a form of ritual since we were aware that our bodies could move. Dancing ability may be partially based on these two-shared chemicals, which may be caused by the dancers sharing an elevated level of two chemicals?

From 85 elite dancers, and their parents, as well as a group of athletes DNA was obtained to determine the link. In the dancers, both crucial chemicals have been found in elevated levels compared to the control group. The two chemicals were serotonin and vasopressin.

Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter synthesized in the central nervous system and is sometimes found in mushrooms, plants, fruits and vegetables. Serotonin can be correlated with sexuality and temper and from this we can begin to see the correlation between dancing and increased sexual ability. If serotonin increases sexuality, and the dancers have a high level of serotonin than we are able to correlate dancing ability to sexuality.

Vasopressin is a chemical released from the posterior of the pituitary gland and is important in memory function, reflexes and is involved in aggression and temperature regulation. Dancers are thought to be passionate people, and passion comes hand in hand with sexual relations therefore the more passionate of a person you are in life, the more passionate you would be sexually.

This is interesting to me because it compels me to believe that we are genetically compelled to do the things that we do. Genes develop not only our body, but our personality, our habits, and our mannerisms. Do genes develop our interests? Are we meant to be hockey players, musicians and dancers long before we think? Are we genetically inclined to become who we are at conception - when the abundance of genes come together and create a fetus?