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Interactive effects of in utero nutrition and genetic inheritance on cognition: new evidence using sibling comparisons.
Economics and human biology - 1 Mar 2014
Cook C Justin, Fletcher Jason M
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A large literature links early environments and later outcomes, such as cognition; however, little is known about the mechanisms. One potential mechanism is sensitivity to early environments that is moderated or amplified by the genotype. With this mechanism in mind, a complementary literature outside economics examines the interaction between genes and environments, but often problems of endogeneity and bias in...
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