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Cognitive Ability and Education: How Behavioural Genetic Research Has Advanced Our Knowledge and Understanding of Their Association
Cognitive ability and education: how behavioural genetic research has advanced our knowledge and understanding of their association Margherita Malanchini1,2,3, Kaili Rimfeld2, Andrea G. Allegrini2, Stuart J. Ritchie2, & Robert Plomin2 1 Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. 2 Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, United Kingdom. 3 Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, United States. Correspondence: Margherita Malanchini, Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, Office 2.02, G.E. Fogg Building, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Cognitive ability and educational success predict positive outcomes across the lifespan, from higher earnings to better health and longevity. The shared positive outcomes associated with cognitive ability and education are emblematic of the strong interconnections between them. Part of the observed associations between cognitive ability and education, as well as their links with wealth, morbidity and mortality, are rooted in genetic variation. The current review evaluates the contribution of decades of behavioural genetic research to our knowledge and understanding of the biological and environmental basis of the association between cognitive ability and education. The evidence reviewed points to a strong genetic basis in their association, observed from middle childhood to old age, which is amplified by environmental experiences. In addition, the strong stability and heritability of educational success are not driven entirely by cognitive ability. This highlights the contribution of other educationally relevant noncognitive characteristics. Considering both cognitive and noncognitive skills as well as their biological and environmental underpinnings will be fundamental in moving towards a comprehensive, evidence-based model of education. -
Is There a Genetic Correlation Between General Factors of Intelligence and Personality?
Twin Research and Human Genetics Volume 18 Number 3 pp. 234–242 C The Author(s) 2015 doi:10.1017/thg.2015.28 Is There a Genetic Correlation Between General Factors of Intelligence and Personality? John C. Loehlin,1 Meike Bartels,2 Dorret I. Boomsma,2 Denis Bratko,3 Nicholas G. Martin,4 Robert C. Nichols,5 and Margaret J. Wright4 1Psychology Department, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 2Department of Biological Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 3Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 4QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 5Jamul, CA, USA We tested a hypothesis that there is no genetic correlation between general factors of intelligence and personality, despite both having been selected for in human evolution. This was done using twin samples from Australia, the United States, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Croatia, comprising altogether 1,748 monozygotic and 1,329 same-sex dizygotic twin pairs. Although parameters in the model-fitting differed among the twin samples, the genetic correlation between the two general factors could be set to zero, with a better fit if the U.S. sample was excepted. Keywords: general factor of intelligence, general factor of personality, heritability, mutation-selection balance, life history theory, twins The concept of hierarchical structure in the domains of in- artifact (Backstr¨ om¨ et al. 2009; Pettersson et al., 2012)or telligence and personality, featuring a single general factor declared it to be psychometrically weak (Revelle & Wilt, at the top, have been controversial ever since general fac- 2013). However, in one study, partialing out self-esteem or tors were advocated early in the 20th century by Spearman social desirability measures did not greatly reduce a GFP (1904)andWebb(1915). -
An Atlas of Genetic Correlations Across Human Diseases and Traits
An Atlas of Genetic Correlations across Human Diseases and Traits The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Bulik-Sullivan, B., H. K. Finucane, V. Anttila, A. Gusev, F. R. Day, P. Loh, L. Duncan, et al. 2015. “An Atlas of Genetic Correlations across Human Diseases and Traits.” Nature genetics 47 (11): 1236-1241. doi:10.1038/ng.3406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3406. Published Version doi:10.1038/ng.3406 Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27320469 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA HHS Public Access Author manuscript Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptNat Genet Author Manuscript. Author manuscript; Author Manuscript available in PMC 2016 May 01. Published in final edited form as: Nat Genet. 2015 November ; 47(11): 1236–1241. doi:10.1038/ng.3406. An Atlas of Genetic Correlations across Human Diseases and Traits Brendan Bulik-Sullivan1,2,3,*, Hilary K Finucane4,*, Verneri Anttila1,2,3, Alexander Gusev5,6, Felix R. Day7, Po-Ru Loh1,5, ReproGen Consortium8, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium8, Genetic Consortium for Anorexia Nervosa of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 38, Laramie Duncan1,2,3, John R.B. Perry7, Nick Patterson1, Elise B. Robinson1,2,3, Mark J. Daly1,2,3, Alkes L. Price1,5,6,**, and Benjamin M. -
Heritability Estimates and Genetic Correlation for Growth Traits and LCDV Susceptibility in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus Aurata)
fishes Article Heritability Estimates and Genetic Correlation for Growth Traits and LCDV Susceptibility in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Carlos Carballo 1,2, Hyun Suk Shin 3, Concepción Berbel 1, Maria Jesús Zamorano 3, Juan Jose Borrego 2 , Eva Armero 4, Juan Manuel Afonso 3 and Manuel Manchado 1,5,* 1 IFAPA Centro El Toruño, Junta de Andalucía, Camino Tiro Pichón s/n, 11500 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain; [email protected] (C.C.); [email protected] (C.B.) 2 Departamento de Microbiología, Campus de teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain; [email protected] 3 Aquaculture Research Group (GIA), IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Crta. Taliarte s/n, 35214 Telde, Spain; [email protected] (H.S.S.); [email protected] (M.J.Z.); [email protected] (J.M.A.) 4 Animal Production group, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203 Cartagena, Spain; [email protected] 5 “Crecimiento Azul”, Centro IFAPA El Toruño, Unidad Asociada al CSIC”, 11500 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +34-671-532-088 Received: 26 October 2019; Accepted: 19 December 2019; Published: 25 December 2019 Abstract: The lymphocystis disease (LCD) is a viral infection with a high economic impact in gilthead sea bream aquaculture. In this study, genetic estimates associated with lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV) disease susceptibility and growth were determined in sea bream juveniles. Two fish batches (named batch 1 and batch 2) were built from mass spawning and reared under industrial conditions until disease outbreak. -
Clinical Use of Current Polygenic Risk Scores May Exacerbate Health Disparities
PERSPECTIVE https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0379-x Clinical use of current polygenic risk scores may exacerbate health disparities Alicia R. Martin 1,2,3*, Masahiro Kanai 1,2,3,4,5, Yoichiro Kamatani 5,6, Yukinori Okada 5,7,8, Benjamin M. Neale 1,2,3 and Mark J. Daly 1,2,3,9 Polygenic risk scores (PRS) are poised to improve biomedical outcomes via precision medicine. However, the major ethical and scientific challenge surrounding clinical implementation of PRS is that those available today are several times more accurate in individuals of European ancestry than other ancestries. This disparity is an inescapable consequence of Eurocentric biases in genome-wide association studies, thus highlighting that—unlike clinical biomarkers and prescription drugs, which may indi- vidually work better in some populations but do not ubiquitously perform far better in European populations—clinical uses of PRS today would systematically afford greater improvement for European-descent populations. Early diversifying efforts show promise in leveling this vast imbalance, even when non-European sample sizes are considerably smaller than the largest studies to date. To realize the full and equitable potential of PRS, greater diversity must be prioritized in genetic studies, and summary statistics must be publically disseminated to ensure that health disparities are not increased for those individuals already most underserved. RS, which predict complex traits on the basis of genetic All studies to date using well-powered genome-wide association data, are of burgeoning interest to the clinical community, as studies (GWAS) to assess the predictive value of PRS across a range Presearchers demonstrate their growing power to improve clini- of traits and populations have made a consistent observation: PRS cal care, genetic studies of a wide range of phenotypes increase in predict individual risk far more accurately in Europeans than non- size and power, and genotyping costs plummet to less than US$50. -
Two-Trait Selection and the Genetic Correlation II. * Changes in the Genetic Correlation During Two-Trait Selection
Aust. J. bioi. Sci., 1974, 27, 89-101 Two-trait Selection and the Genetic Correlation II. * Changes in the Genetic Correlation During Two-trait Selection A. K. SheridanA,B and J. S. F. BarkerA A Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006. B Present address: Poultry Research Station, Seven Hills, N.S.W. 2147. With an Appendix by J. W. James Abstract Although there is little experimental information on the effect of simultaneous selection for two quantitative characters on the magnitude of the genetic correlation between them, it is apparently generally expected that such selection for the two characters in the same direction will cause a negative change in the genetic correlation, and selection in opposite directions a positive change. Selection using independent culling levels was done for each of the four combinations of high or low third coxal bristle number with high or low sternopleural bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster for 22 generations. To estimate changes in the genetic correlation, realized genetic parameters were estimated from single-trait lines started from the base population, and from the two-trait lines after 10 and 22 generations of selection. Changes in the genetic correlation in individual two-trait selection lines were variable and unpredictable. At generation 22 concurrent two-trait selection had resulted in significantly larger realized genetic correlations than divergent two-trait selection, so that results were contrary to the generally accepted expectation. Introduction There is very little experimental information on the effect of simultaneous selection for two quantitative characters on the magnitude of the genetic correlation between them. -
Genetics and Personality Inventories: the Limits of Replication with Twin Data
Behavior Genetics, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1978 Genetics and Personality Inventories: The Limits of Replication with Twin Data Gregory Carey, 1 H. Hill Goldsmith, x Auke Tellegen, ~ and Irving I. Gottesma# Received 18 Aug. 1977--Fina110 Feb. 1978 The consistency of twin data with personality questionnaires is examined using all reported twin samples which have been administered the California Psychological Inventory. The scale correlations for the M Z twins are fairly consistent across different samples while the correlations for DZ twins fail to show as much consistency. Differences, moreover, between M Z and DZ correlations fail to replicate across samples. Sampling error and sampling bias are proposed as the major reasons for the inconsistency, and when these factors are taken into account the resulting heritabilities suggest that the CP1 scales loading on the extraversion-introversion factor are the most heritable. The implications of sampling error and sampling bias for estimat- ing genetic parameters from correlational twin data, for uncovering dif- ferential heritability of personality traits, and for designing future research are discussed. KEY WORDS: twins; personality; heritability; genetics; California Psychological Inventory; extraversion; introversion; replication. INTRODUCTION A close examination of the twin literature on genetic aspects of personality traits reveals controversial interpretations of the data. Thompson and Wilde (1973) reviewed much of the literature and reported that heritabilities for This work was supported in part by a Mental Health Training Grant in Biological Sciences (MH10679) awarded to Sheldon Reed and Irving I. Gottesman and by a grant from the University Computer Center of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1 Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. -
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONARTICLES https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0566-x In the format provided by the authors and unedited. Genomic structural equation modelling provides insights into the multivariate genetic architecture of complex traits Andrew D. Grotzinger 1*, Mijke Rhemtulla2, Ronald de Vlaming 3,4, Stuart J. Ritchie5,6, Travis T. Mallard1, W. David Hill5,6, Hill F. Ip 7, Riccardo E. Marioni5,8, Andrew M. McIntosh 5,9, Ian J. Deary5,6, Philipp D. Koellinger3,4, K. Paige Harden1,10, Michel G. Nivard 7,11 and Elliot M. Tucker-Drob1,10,11 1Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. 2Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. 3Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 4Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 5Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 6Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 7Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 8Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 9Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 10Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. 11These authors jointly supervised this work: Michel G. Nivard, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob. *e-mail: [email protected] NatURE HUMAN BehaviOUR | www.nature.com/nathumbehav Genomic SEM 32 December 19, 2018 Online Supplement: Genomic SEM Provides Insights into the Multivariate Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits Supplementary Methods MTAG Moment Conditions. Here we examine the connection between the MTAG model and Genomic SEM. -
Comparison of Genotypic and Phenotypic Correlations: Cheverud's Conjecture in Humans
Genetics: Early Online, published on May 8, 2018 as 10.1534/genetics.117.300630 1 Comparison of Genotypic and Phenotypic Correlations: 2 Cheverud’s Conjecture in Humans 3 4 Sebastian M. Sodini*, Kathryn E. Kemper*, Naomi R. Wray*†, Maciej Trzaskowski* 5 6 * Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4072, 7 Australia 8 † Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4072, Australia 9 Copyright 2018. 1 10 Running Title: Cheverud’s Conjecture in Humans 11 12 Keywords: genetic correlation, genetic proxy, LD score regression, morphological non-morphological 13 traits, UK Biobank 14 15 Corresponding Author: Dr. Maciej Trzaskowski, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, 306 Carmody 16 Road, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, Australia. Phone number: 17 +61733466430; e-mail address: [email protected] 18 19 20 21 Abstract 22 Accurate estimation of genetic correlation requires large sample sizes and access to genetically 23 informative data, which are not always available. Accordingly, phenotypic correlations are often 24 assumed to reflect genotypic correlations in evolutionary biology. Cheverud’s conjecture asserts that 25 the use of phenotypic correlations as proxies for genetic correlations is appropriate. Empirical evidence 26 of the conjecture has been found across plant and animal species, with results suggesting that there is 27 indeed a robust relationship between the two. Here, we investigate the conjecture in human 28 populations, an analysis made possible by recent developments in availability of human genomic data 29 and computing resources. A sample of 108,035 British European individuals from the UK Biobank 30 was split equally into discovery and replication datasets. -
Distribution and Concordance of N-Acetyltransferase Genotype and Phenotype in an American Population1
Vol. 8, 683–692, August 1999 Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 683 Distribution and Concordance of N-Acetyltransferase Genotype and Phenotype in an American Population1 Myron Gross,2 Teresa Kruisselbrink, Kristin Anderson, genotype and allele distribution but exhibited overall Nicholas Lang, Paul McGovern, Robert Delongchamp, similarity with other Caucasian-American populations. and Fred Kadlubar School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 [M. G., K. A., P. M.]; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Introduction Minnesota 55905 [T. K.]; Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas Several well-known drug-metabolizing enzymes catalyze the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 [N. L.]; Department of activation and detoxification of xenobiotics (1) and are classi- Surgery, John L. McClellan Veterans Affairs Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 [N. L.]; and Division of Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for fied as phase I or II enzymes, respectively. Members of the Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079 [R. D., F. K.] phase I category include cytochrome P450-related enzymes and epoxide hydrolases. Phase II enzymes are N-acetyltransferases, glutathione S-transferases, UDP-glucuronosyltransferases, and sulfotransferases. The absolute and relative amounts of phase I Abstract and II enzyme activities differ between individuals and affect Polymorphic arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) biological responses to xenobiotic exposure (2). Several ad- status varies -
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INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND POLICY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WORKING PAPERS OPPOSITE-SEX TWINS AND ADOLESCENT SAME-SEX ATTRACTION Peter S. Bearman Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Columbia University and Hannah Brückner Department of Sociology Yale University October 2001 ISERP WORKING PAPER 01-04 ISERP Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Data for this paper are drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a program project designed by J. Richard Udry and Peter Bearman, and funded by a grant HD31921 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with cooperative funding participation by the following agencies: The National Cancer Institute; The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders; the National Institute on Drug Abuse; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; the National Institute of Mental health; the Office of AIDS Research, NIH; the Office of Director, NIH; The National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS; Office of Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and prevention, HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS; and the National Science Foundation. We thank Ivan Chase, Roger Gould, Michael Sobel, J. Richard Udry, Duncan Watts, and Harrison White for their helpful comments. Authorship order is alphabetical. Address all correspondence to Peter Bearman, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, 814 IAB. 420 W 118th Street, Columbia University, NY, NY. [email protected]. -
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Jon Havelock, MD, FRCSC Polycystic ovary syndrome Therapy for this reproductive and metabolic disorder remains focused on managing symptoms, including infertility caused by anovulation, and reducing long-term health risks such as endometrial cancer and type 2 diabetes. ABSTRACT: The clinical presenta- olycystic ovary syndrome drome was the term used for more tion of polycystic ovary syndrome is (PCOS) is a prevalent repro than 50 years for the heterogeneous widely variable, with complaints en- P ductive and metabolic disorder clinical features of the disorder now compassing oligomenorrhea, infer- with variable phenotypes and an under known as polycystic ovary syndrome. tility, obesity, hirsutism, endometrial lying pathophysiology that is still not In 1990 the first international defini cancer, and diabetes. Community completely understood. While the tion of PCOS was developed, which physicians caring for reproductive- earliest description of the polycystic has since been revised by various age women will invariably encounter ovary dates back to the 17th century,1 professional bodies. The lack of con this reproductive and metabolic dis- the characterization of the present sensus in the definition of PCOS fur order resulting from ovarian hyper- day disorder known as PCOS was first ther highlights the uncertainty about androgenism and insulin resistance. detailed by Irving Stein and Michael the pathophysiology of the disorder. While community physicians should Leventhal in 1935.2 In a seminal pa However, for the practising physician be aware of the diagnostic criteria per, the two prominent gynecologists a thorough understanding of symptom for polycystic ovary syndrome, it is described a case series of seven wom management and prevention of long more important to have a thorough en with enlarged ovaries associated term complications is more important understanding of symptom manage- with oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea, than an understanding of the different ment and prevention of long-term sterility, and clinical hyperandrogen diagnostic criteria for PCOS.