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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gunnarsson B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095652 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20161104
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 with educational attainment, a confluence phenotype of genetic and environmental factors contributing to academic success. We show that one of these variants associating with educational attainment, rs48 ...[more]