A sequence variant associating with educational attainment also affects childhood cognition

Only a few common variants in the sequence of the genome have been shown to impact cognitive traits. Here we demonstrate that polygenic scores of educational attainment predict specific aspects of childhood cognition, as measured with IQ. Recently, three sequence variants were shown to associate wit...

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Autores principales: Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Jónsdóttir, Guðrún A., Björnsdóttir, Gyða, Konte, Bettina, Sulem, Patrick, Kristmundsdóttir, Snædís, Kehr, Birte, Gústafsson, Ómar, Helgason, Hannes, Iordache, Paul D., Ólafsson, Sigurgeir, Frigge, Michael L., Þorleifsson, Guðmar, Arnarsdóttir, Sunna, Stefánsdóttir, Berglind, Giegling, Ina, Djurovic, Srdjan, Sundet, Kjetil S., Espeseth, Thomas, Melle, Ingrid, Hartmann, Annette M., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Kong, Augustine, Guðbjartsson, Daníel F., Ettinger, Ulrich, Andreassen, Ole A., Dan Rujescu, Halldórsson, Jónas G., Stefánsson, Hreinn, Halldórsson, Bjarni V., Stefánsson, Kári
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5095652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27811963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36189

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