[HTML][HTML] Evidence for recent polygenic selection on educational attainment and intelligence inferred from Gwas hits: A replication of previous findings using recent data
D Piffer - Psych, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genetic variants identified by three large genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of
educational attainment (EA) were used to test a polygenic selection model. Weighted and …
educational attainment (EA) were used to test a polygenic selection model. Weighted and …
GWAS and cognitive abilities: Why correlations are inevitable and meaningless: GWA studies to identify genetic factors for educational achievements largely ignore …
K Richardson - EMBO reports, 2017 - embopress.org
association studies (GWAS) are a relatively new and powerful tool to identify gene variants
involved in human variation. The method scans the whole genome for small genetic …
involved in human variation. The method scans the whole genome for small genetic …
Why genome-wide associations with cognitive ability measures are probably spurious
K Richardson, MC Jones - New Ideas in Psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Much time and effort, as well as funding, is being devoted to Genome Wide Association
Studies (GWAS) for identifying genetic causes of variation (single nucleotide polymorphisms …
Studies (GWAS) for identifying genetic causes of variation (single nucleotide polymorphisms …
Predicting educational achievement from DNA
A genome-wide polygenic score (GPS), derived from a 2013 genome-wide association
study (N= 127,000), explained 2% of the variance in total years of education (EduYears). In …
study (N= 127,000), explained 2% of the variance in total years of education (EduYears). In …
A review of intelligence GWAS hits: Their relationship to country IQ and the issue of spatial autocorrelation
D Piffer - Intelligence, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Published Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS), reporting the presence of
alleles exhibiting significant and replicable associations with IQ, are reviewed. The average …
alleles exhibiting significant and replicable associations with IQ, are reviewed. The average …
Results of a “GWAS plus:” general cognitive ability is substantially heritable and massively polygenic
We carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for general cognitive ability (GCA)
plus three other analyses of GWAS data that aggregate the effects of multiple single …
plus three other analyses of GWAS data that aggregate the effects of multiple single …
Educational attainment-related loci identified by GWAS are associated with select personality traits and mathematics and language abilities
A recent genome-wide association study of educational attainment identified three
significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)(rs9320913, rs11584700, and …
significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)(rs9320913, rs11584700, and …
Educational attainment: a genome wide association study in 9538 Australians
Background Correlations between Educational Attainment (EA) and measures of cognitive
performance are as high as 0.8. This makes EA an attractive alternative phenotype for …
performance are as high as 0.8. This makes EA an attractive alternative phenotype for …
Polygenic scores for cognitive abilities and their association with different aspects of general intelligence—a deep phenotyping approach
Intelligence is a highly polygenic trait and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have
identified thousands of DNA variants contributing with small effects. Polygenic scores (PGS) …
identified thousands of DNA variants contributing with small effects. Polygenic scores (PGS) …
Associations between an educational attainment polygenic score with educational attainment in an African American sample
JA Rabinowitz, SIC Kuo, W Felder… - Genes, Brain and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Polygenic propensity for educational attainment has been associated with higher education
attendance, academic achievement and criminal offending in predominantly European …
attendance, academic achievement and criminal offending in predominantly European …