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Why it is hard to find genes associated with social science traits: theoretical and empirical considerations.

American journal of public health - 1 Oct 2013

Chabris Christopher F, Lee James J, Benjamin Daniel J, Beauchamp Jonathan P, Glaeser Edward L, Borst Gregoire, Pinker Steven, Laibson David I

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OBJECTIVES: We explain why traits of interest to behavioral scientists may have a genetic architecture featuring hundreds or thousands of loci with tiny individual effects rather than a few with large effects and why such an architecture makes it difficult to find robust associations between traits and genes. METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide association study at 2 sites, Harvard University and Union College,...

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PMID: 23927501
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301327
PMCID: PMC3778125

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