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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3617178?pdf=render |