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Article: Gene variants linked to childhood IQ.(Brief Article)
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- Science News
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- May 9, 1998
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Scientists have for the first time linked a specific gene to high intelligence, at least as assessed on a standard IQ test.
One variant of the gene, located on chromosome 6, appears to exert a small effect on a measure of an individual's general intellectual ability, reports a team headed by Robert Plomin of the Institute of Psychiatry in London. The gene is one of many that have specific variants which, when occurring together, can result in a much higher than average IQ score, Plomin's group proposes.
"The hope is that [this work] will provide discrete windows through which to view neurophysiological pathways between genes and behavior," the team ...
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