Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children.

Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children.

Genome-wide association study results have yielded evidence for the association of common genetic variants with crude measures of completed educational attainment in adults. Whilst informative, these results do not inform as to the mechanism of these effects or their presence at earlier ages and whe...

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Main Authors: Mary E Ward, George McMahon, Beate St Pourcain, David M Evans, Cornelius A Rietveld, Daniel J Benjamin, Philipp D Koellinger, David Cesarini, Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, George Davey Smith, Nicholas J Timpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4102483?pdf=render

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