Educational attainment influences levels of homozygosity through migration and assortative mating.

Educational attainment influences levels of homozygosity through migration and assortative mating.

Individuals with a higher education are more likely to migrate, increasing the chance of meeting a spouse with a different ancestral background. In this context, the presence of strong educational assortment can result in greater ancestry differences within more educated spouse pairs, while less edu...

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Main Authors: Abdel Abdellaoui, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Gonneke Willemsen, Meike Bartels, Toos van Beijsterveldt, Erik A Ehli, Gareth E Davies, Andrew Brooks, Patrick F Sullivan, Brenda W J H Penninx, Eco J de Geus, Dorret I Boomsma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118935

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118935

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