The new genetics of intelligence

TY - JOUR

T1 - The new genetics of intelligence

AU - Plomin, Robert

AU - Von Stumm, Sophie

N1 - The paper was accepted when von Stumm was working at the LSE. The paper was then deposited in an open repository: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/86751/

PY - 2018/1/8

Y1 - 2018/1/8

N2 - Intelligence - the ability to learn, reason and solve problems - is at the forefront of behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important educational, occupational and health outcomes better than any other trait. Recent genome-wide association studies have successfully identified inherited genome sequence differences that account for 20% of the 50% heritability of intelligence. These findings open new avenues for research into the causes and consequences of intelligence using genome-wide polygenic scores that aggregate the effects of thousands of genetic variants.

AB - Intelligence - the ability to learn, reason and solve problems - is at the forefront of behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important educational, occupational and health outcomes better than any other trait. Recent genome-wide association studies have successfully identified inherited genome sequence differences that account for 20% of the 50% heritability of intelligence. These findings open new avenues for research into the causes and consequences of intelligence using genome-wide polygenic scores that aggregate the effects of thousands of genetic variants.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85042030422&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1038/nrg.2017.104

DO - 10.1038/nrg.2017.104

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85042030422

SN - 1471-0056

VL - 19

SP - 148

EP - 159

JO - Nature Reviews Genetics

JF - Nature Reviews Genetics

IS - 3

ER -