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The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

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What's the Difference Between Educational Achievement and Polygenic Scores?

The pologenic index is kind of like the single number that is our best guess of what your penotype will be based just on your deani sequence. The twin method would estimate it at about 30 % for educational attainment, which is years of schooling, how far people go in school. So if i were a betting person, my bet would be 17%.

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