Polygenic scores, genetic engineering, validity of GWAS results across major racial groups and the Piffer method

A PDF of this paper without formatting errors can be downloaded here. Abstract I review recent findings in human behavioral genetics and their implications for selective breeding and estimation of…

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The general brain factor, working memory, parental income and education, and racial admixture

UNFINISHED ANALYSIS. POSTED HERE TO ESTABLISH PRIORITY. MORE TO FOLLOW! Updated 2015-12-04 Remains to be done: Admixture analysis (doing) Proofreading and editing Deciding how to control for age and scanner…

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Review: The Sports Gene (David Epstein)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16171221-the-sports-gene http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=51b837f6d7627ac696f3f36b2ca6edbc Incidentally, the Wiki page was very poor, so I had to rewrite that before writing this. Generally, this was an interesting read that taught me a lot. This…

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Review: Race (John Baker)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/875481.Race http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5624936a816b96dd3e6a4af6808ee69b I had seen references to this book in a number of places which got me curious. I am somewhat hesitant to read older books since I know much…

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