GWAS of Educational Attainment, Phase 3: Biological Findings
Abstract
Genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals for educational attainment (Rietveld et al., 2013). The results of the latest GWAS for educational attainment identified 74... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- James Lee (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
- Aysu Okbay (Free University Amsterdam)
- Robbee Wedow (University of Colorado Boulder)
- Edward Kong (Harvard University)
- Patrick Turley (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
- Meghan Zacher (Harvard University)
- Kevin Thom (New York University)
- Anh Tuan Nguyen Viet (University of Southern California)
- Omeed Maghzian (Harvard University, NBER)
- Richard Karlsson Linnér (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Matthew Robinson (The University of Queensland)
- Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (NA)
- Peter Visscher (The University of Queensland)
- Daniel Benjamin (University of Southern California)
- David Cesarini (New York University)
Topic Area
Cognition: Education, Intelligence, Memory, Attention
Session
1C-OS » Educational Attainment (10:30 - Thursday, 29th June, Forum)
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