The genetic correlation between height and IQ: shared genes or assortative mating?

The genetic correlation between height and IQ: shared genes or assortative mating?

Traits that are attractive to the opposite sex are often positively correlated when scaled such that scores increase with attractiveness, and this correlation typically has a genetic component. Such traits can be genetically correlated due to genes that affect both traits ("pleiotropy") an...

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Main Authors: Matthew C Keller, Christine E Garver-Apgar, Margaret J Wright, Nicholas G Martin, Robin P Corley, Michael C Stallings, John K Hewitt, Brendan P Zietsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3617178?pdf=render

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