A quantitative trait locus associated with cognitive ability in children

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作者
Chorney, MJ
Chorney, K
Seese, N
Owen, MJ
Daniels, J
McGuffin, P
Thompson, LA
Detterman, DK
Benbow, C
Lubinski, D
Eley, T
Plomin, R
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[1] Inst Psychiat, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Res Ctr, London SE5 8AF, England
[2] Penn State Univ, Milton S Hershey Med Ctr, Dept Immunol & Microbiol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[3] Univ Wales Coll Cardiff, Coll Med, Dept Med Psychol, Cardiff CF1 3NS, S Glam, Wales
[4] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Psychol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
[5] Iowa State Univ, Dept Psychol, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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10.1111/1467-9280.00032
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with general cognitive ability (g) were investigated for several groups of children selected for very high or for average cognitive functioning. A DNA marker in the gene for insulin-like growth factor-2 receptor (IGF2R) on Chromosome 6 yielded a significantly greater frequency of a particular form of the gene (allele) in a high-g group (.303; average IQ = 136, N = 51) than in a control group (.156, average IQ = 103, N = 51). This association was replicated in an extremely-high-g group (all estimated IQs > 160, N = 52) as compared with an independent control group (average IQ = 101, N = 50), with allelic frequencies of .340 and .169, respectively. Moreover, a high-mathematics-ability group (N = 62) and a high-verbal-ability group (N = 51) yielded results that were in the same direction but only marginally significant (p = .06 and .08, respectively).
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