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Holocene Selection for Variants Associated With General Cognitive Ability: Comparing Ancient and Modern Genomes.

Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Aug 2017

Woodley Michael A, Younuskunju Shameem, Balan Bipin, Piffer Davide

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Human populations living during the Holocene underwent considerable microevolutionary change. It has been theorized that the transition of Holocene populations into agrarianism and urbanization brought about culture-gene co-evolution that favored via directional selection genetic variants associated with higher general cognitive ability (GCA). To examine whether GCA might have risen during the Holocene, we...

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PMID: 28724479
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2017.37

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