On the sources of the height-intelligence correlation: New insights from a bivariate ACE model with assortative mating

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-252

  Beauchamp, Jonathan P ^e   Cesarini, David ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^b   Lindqvist, Erik ^c   Apicella, Coren ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Bivariate ACE model; Genetic correlation; Height; Intelligence; IQ; Within family correlation

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BIVARIATE ACE MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PLEIOTROPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; SWEDEN; TWINS; WAR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79952484708     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9376-7     Document Type: Article

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