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The beginnings of biometrical psychiatric genetics: Studies of the insane diathesis 1905-1909.

American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Jan 2022

Kendler Kenneth S

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The year 1900 saw not only the rediscovery of Mendel's hybridization studies but also the publication by Karl Pearson of his newly developed tetrachoric correlation which he used to study the parent-offspring resemblance for the "insane diathesis" in 1905. This was followed by more detailed reports by two of his students/associates: Heron in 1907 and Goring in 1909. Both calculated the tetrachoric correlation for...

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PMID: 34997802
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32885

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