Embryo selection and genetic correlated traits: A reanalysis
There seem to be ways to post knitr documents to Wordpress blogs, but until that's set up, I will be publishing them over at RPubs and posting a link here.…
Comments on Marty Nemko’s “12 Predictions for 2050”
A reader asked me to comment on the predictions/musings by Marty Nemko at his blog. I had never heard of him before, but he's some kind of coach, radio host…
Review: Intelligence: all that matters (Stuart Ritchie)
I was recently asked to suggest introductory reviewing materials for bright laymen (see also my previous post). I ended up giving the following recommendations: - Intelligence: A very short introduction…
Cognitive ability, surveys and measurement error: possible bias in GxE studies
I saw this paper at random: The consequences of heavy alcohol use remain a serious public health problem. Consistent evidence has demonstrated that both genetic and social influences contribute to…
Measurement error and behavioral genetics in criminology
I am watching Brian Boutwell's (Twitter, RG) talk at a recent conference and this got me thinking. https://youtu.be/yDm9bCgPKvs?list=PLD7ASfe52RybK4nYTZejG4-kQYqKI1rXX What are we measuring? As far as I know, there are typically…
Testing colorism using genomic data without phenotypic data
Normally, testing colorism or other causal models of why human racial traits have nonzero relationships to socioeconomic outcomes requires that one has the following data: Measure of racial ancestry Measures…
New papers out! Admixture in the Americas
I forgot to post this blog post at the time of publication as I usually do. However, here it is. As explored in some previous posts, John Fuerst and I…
Is sharing the chorion important? (No)
In the comments on this SlateStarCodex post, someone is questioning my claim that sharing the chorion (what is that?) is unimportant: Emil: Uterine environment stuff is not important. We know…
Some numbers on non-shared ‘environment’ effects
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/16/non-shared-environment-doesnt-just-mean-schools-and-peers/ Scott Alexander has a new post out summarizing the interpretations of what constitutes non-shared environment in the ACE model estimates from standard (MZ-DZ) twin studies. I'm happy that he…
Admixture mapping assisted GWAS
Medical researchers have noticed that some diseases differ by SIRE (self-identified race/ethnicity) groups which differ by genomic (racial) ancestry. Hence, when genomic measures became available (last 15 years or so),…
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