Your personality may be written into your DNA more than we realized, new study finds

Filed by Elara Myst

A study of more than a million genomes linked 1,260 DNA variants to major personality traits, though genes explain only a small part of who you become.There’s a useful saying in the world of genetics: DNA isn’t destiny. While genetics does play a big role in who you are, they don’t control everything. That said, scientists recently found over 1,000 genetic variants that are linked to all sorts of personality traits like neuroticism, anxiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and several ...