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Human intelligence and polymorphisms in the DNA methyltransferase genes involved in epigenetic marking.
PloS one - 25 Jun 2010
Haggarty Paul, Hoad Gwen, Harris Sarah E, Starr John M, Fox Helen C, Deary Ian J, Whalley Lawrence J
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic mechanisms have been implicated in syndromes associated with mental impairment but little is known about the role of epigenetics in determining the normal variation in human intelligence. We measured polymorphisms in four DNA methyltransferases (DNMT1, DNMT3A, DNMT3B and DNMT3L) involved in epigenetic marking and related these to childhood and adult general intelligence in a population (n = 1542)...
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