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| Title |
DNA Evidence for Strong Genome-Wide Pleiotropy of Cognitive and Learning Abilities
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| Published in |
Behavior Genetics, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10519-013-9594-x |
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| Authors |
Maciej Trzaskowski, Oliver S. P. Davis, John C. DeFries, Jian Yang, Peter M. Visscher, Robert Plomin |
| Abstract |
Very different neurocognitive processes appear to be involved in cognitive abilities such as verbal and non-verbal ability as compared to learning abilities taught in schools such as reading and mathematics. However, twin studies that compare similarity for monozygotic and dizygotic twins suggest that the same genes are largely responsible for genetic influence on these diverse aspects of cognitive function. It is now possible to test this evidence for strong pleiotropy using DNA alone from samples of unrelated individuals. Here we used this new method with 1.7 million DNA markers for a sample of 2,500 unrelated children at age 12 to investigate for the first time the extent of pleiotropy between general cognitive ability (aka intelligence) and learning abilities (reading, mathematics and language skills). We also compared these DNA results to results from twin analyses using the same sample and measures. The DNA-based method revealed strong genome-wide pleiotropy: Genetic correlations were greater than 0.70 between general cognitive ability and language, reading, and mathematics, results that were highly similar to twin study estimates of genetic correlations. These results indicate that genes related to diverse neurocognitive processes have general rather than specific effects. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 18% |
| Researcher | 17 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 17% |
| Unknown | 13 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 34 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2021.
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