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GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment.
Science 340, 1467-1471 (2013)
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genome-wide significant (rs9320913, rs11584700, rs4851266), and all three replicate. Estimated effects sizes are small (coefficient of determination R(2) ≈ 0.02%), approximately 1 month of schooling per allele. A linear polygenic score from all measured SNPs accounts for ≈2% of the variance in both educational attainment and cognitive function. Genes in the region of the loci have previously been associated with health, cognitive, and central nervous system phenotypes, and bioinformatics analyses suggest the involvement of the anterior caudate nucleus. These findings provide promising candidate SNPs for follow-up work, and our effect size estimates can anchor power analyses in social-science genetics.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Environment ; Preferences ; Loci
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0036-8075
e-ISSN
1095-9203
Zeitschrift
Science
Quellenangaben
Band: 340,
Heft: 6139,
Seiten: 1467-1471
Verlag
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Nichtpatentliteratur
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Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed