Galton's Quincunx: Probabilistic causation in developmental behavior genetics.

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In what sense are associations between particular markers and complex behaviors made by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and related techniques discoveries of, or entries into the study of, the causes of those behaviors? In this paper, we argue that when applied to individuals, the kinds of probabilistic 'causes' of complex traits that GWAS-style studies can point towards do not provide the kind of causal...

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