{"id":2555,"date":"2025-05-07T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/a-babys-first-steps-are-decided-by-genetics\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:05:51","slug":"a-babys-first-steps-are-decided-by-genetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/a-babys-first-steps-are-decided-by-genetics\/","title":{"rendered":"A baby&#039;s first steps are decided by genetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-05-07 11:05:51<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>The age at which babies take their first steps is determined by genetics.<BR><br \/>\nIn a new study, scientists analysed the genetic information of over 70,000 babies and identified 11 genetic markers that influence when youngsters start to walk.<BR><br \/>\nThe team from the universities of Surrey and Essex concluded that genetics makes up about a quarter of the difference in when children take their first steps.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Angelica Ronald, senior researcher on the study at the University of Surrey, explained that &#8220;most babies take their first step sometime between the ages of eight months and 24 months, so it is a wide window in which this exciting milestone happens&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nShe said: &#8220;It is a big moment for both parents and baby; it symbolises a new phase in a child&#8217;s life.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;We hope these new genetic findings can advance fundamental understanding about the causes of walking and be used to better support children with motor disorders and learning disabilities.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;While parents should still see their GP if they are concerned, a slightly later start is not always a sign of problems.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;There is a lot of variety in which children take their first step on their own.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-05-07 11:05:51 The age at which babies take their first steps is determined by genetics. In a new study, scientists analysed the genetic information of over 70,000 babies and identified&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/2557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}