# Could Genes Contribute to Ethnic and Religious Tensions by Martin Lercher
> “What proportion of "ethnic" and "religious" tensions are rooted in our genes?”
> **— Martin Lercher**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question*
## Sources and Context
- **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Martin Lercher](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27738) — Martin Lercher's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question.
- **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-011).
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