tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post7962186036257290505..comments2024-01-27T00:27:45.851+00:00Comments on race/history/evolution notes: Childhood intelligence is heritable, highly polygenic and associated with FNBP1Ln/ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378473351485233448noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-40815264617000440712013-02-20T11:54:59.069+00:002013-02-20T11:54:59.069+00:00A Genetic Code for Genius?
In China, a research pr...A Genetic Code for Genius?<br />In China, a research project aims to find the roots of intelligence in our DNA; searching for the supersmart<br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578303992108696034.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_lifestyle<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In its scientific work, BGI often acts as the enabler of other people’s ideas. That is the case in a major project conceived by Steve Hsu, vice president for research at Michigan State University, to search for genes that influence intelligence. Under the guidance of Zhao Bowen, BGI is now sequencing the DNA of more than 2,000 people—mostly Americans—who have IQ scores of at least 160, or four standard deviations above the mean.<br />http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/511051/inside-chinas-genome-factory/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com