Causal connection found between genotypes, years of education achieved
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 14:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A first-of-its-kind, nationally representative study of siblings in the United States finds that, within families, an adolescent with a higher 'polygenic score' -- which summarizes previously identified genome-wide associations for educational attainment -- than her or his sibling tended to go on to complete more years of schooling.