Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations | Zendy

Christopher F. Chabris | Zendy; James J. Lee | Zendy; Daniel J. Benjamin | Zendy; Jonathan Beauchamp | Zendy; Edward L. Glaeser | Zendy; Grégoire Borst | Zendy; Steven Pinker | Zendy; David Laibson | Zendy

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Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations

Author(s) -

Christopher F. Chabris,

James J. Lee,

Daniel J. Benjamin,

Jonathan Beauchamp,

Edward L. Glaeser,

Grégoire Borst,

Steven Pinker,

David Laibson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301327

Subject(s) - genetic architecture , genome wide association study , biology , genetic association , selection (genetic algorithm) , evolutionary biology , genetics , behavioural genetics , natural selection , allele , genomics , quantitative trait locus , gene , genome , computer science , single nucleotide polymorphism , machine learning , genotype

We explain why traits of interest to behavioral scientists may have a genetic architecture featuring hundreds or thousands of loci with tiny individual effects rather than a few with large effects and why such an architecture makes it difficult to find robust associations between traits and genes.

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