The total burden of rare, non-synonymous exome genetic variants is not associated with childhood or late-life cognitive ability
Human cognitive ability shows consistent, positive associations with fitness components across the life-course. Underlying genetic variation should therefore be depleted by selection, which is not observed. Genetic variation in general cognitive ability (intelligence) could be maintained by a mutati...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953855/ |