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Posted on 05/23/2017 5:01:07 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Scientists have discovered over 50 new genes relating to intelligence—a finding that gives us a far better insight into the “genetic architecture of intelligence” and how this relates to IQ.
While the exact percentage is widely debated, scientists generally agree that a large proportion of intelligence is inherited—and therefore based on genetic factors. But intelligence is not a straightforward trait influenced by just a few genes. Rather, there are hundreds of genes that make up a complex web, the vast majority of which research has yet to identify.
A team of scientists has now uncovered over 50 genes relating to intelligence using a sample of almost 80,000 people. Their large-scale meta-analysis took into account several different measures of intelligence, coupled with the participants’ genetic data.
Two types of genetic analysis revealed different genes linked to intelligence. The first, known as a genome-wide association study, revealed 22 genes, 11 of which were completely new. In the other approach, genome-wide gene association analysis, the team found a further 29 new intelligence genes.
Most of these genes were found in brain tissue: “Pathway analysis indicates the involvement of genes regulating cell development,” the scientists wrote in the journal Nature Genetics.
Corresponding author Danielle Posthuma, from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, tells Newsweek she was not expecting to find as many genes as they did: “I’ve run a lot of genome studies and a lot of the time you don’t find a lot of genes, even though the traits you are investigating are highly heritable. And it’s only if you have a really large sample size that you start to find things.”
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See?
I toldya bitches!
Science can lead to uncomfortable truths. Which is why predicting the weather 100 years from now has so much appeal. Who really cares if it's wrong? Global Warming has a nice "narrative". But identifying a genetic basis for intelligence? Uhhhhhhhhh .... this could get awkward.
Most of these genes were found in brain tissue:
I'll go for 97%. Amiright or amiright.
“I would expect that, but where were the intelligence genes that were not in the brain tissue? I have long suspected some thinking is done with something other than the brain..........”
I know where those other intelligence genes are located in men, lol. The answer is to be found in your name here. Just sayin....
“For any trait that’s only influenced by one or two genes, it’s easy because then you just repair that gene—if it’s a disorder, for example. But for intelligence there are so many small effects and they don’t only influence IQ, but also other traits, so if you start messing around with them you might end up with an intelligent animal, but there might be all sorts of other problems. It’s something I would never want to do or something anyone should try to do.”
The human design is very complex. Just went through some medical issues and the consistent words from the doctors were “We don’t know (but we are going to try this)”
What about stupid gene?
Only hope for liberals to become intelligent is to crossbreed with conservatives?
As a related development.....not a single one of these genes were found in Democrats, liberals, progressives or journalists....
Yes, I realize my list was duplicitous....
In liberals
Most of these genes were found in brain tissue:
were found much lower
I take it that they didn’t find these genes in Maxine Waters.
I heard they asked her if they could study her genes and she went straight to her bedroom dresser to pull them out.
Duplicative, more likely. “Duplicitous” means “false,” which your list most definitely is not.
All genes are found in every cell with DNA. What the author meant to say was the genes in question "were expressed" in brain tissue or the proteins corresponding to these genes were found in brain tissue.
So THAT’S why the “genes” fall off the hood rats!
Does all 50 intelligence genes agree that Russia stole the election for Trump?
How many genders were found in the genes?
The so called scientists are not identified.
Fake news?
“The so called scientists are not identified. Fake news?”
Not fake news, a legitimate study.
“An international team of scientists led by Professor Danielle Posthuma, Principal Investigator of the study from VU University in Amsterdam, has made a significant breakthrough identifying 40 previously undiscovered genes associated with intelligence, alongside another 12 that were previously known.”
So now we can genetically test if your child is gonna be stoopid?
Are they going to allow this test to be administered regardless of race or financial status?
Pandora is getting very nervous.
Not fake news, a legitimate study.
Who Where When and Why are a template to write. The who does not appear until the last. With so much fake news this article chose the same format and appears fake.
Thank you! Need another pot of coffee this rainy AM!
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