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Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts.

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?=?0.34; 0.32-0.36, respectively). In conclusion, both genetic and environmental factors shared by co-twins have an important influence on individual differences in educational attainment. The effect of genetic factors on educational attainment has decreased from the cohorts born before to those born after the 1950s.

Authors Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Latvala, Antti; Honda, Chika; Inui, Fujio; Tomizawa, Rie; Watanabe, Mikio; Sakai, Norio; Rebato, Esther; Busjahn, Andreas; Tyler, Jessica; Hopper, John L; Ordoñana, Juan R; Sánchez-Romera, Juan F; Colodro-Conde, Lucia; Calais-Ferreira, Lucas; Oliveira, Vinicius C; Ferreira, Paulo H; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Derom, Catherine A; Vlietinck, Robert F; Loos, Ruth J F; Siribaddana, Sisira H; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Duncan, Glen E; Buchwald, Dedra; Tynelius, Per; Rasmussen, Finn; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Magnusson, Patrik K E; Pedersen, Nancy L; Dahl Aslan, Anna K; Hwang, Amie E; Mack, Thomas M; Krueger, Robert F; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S; Harris, Jennifer R; Martin, Nicholas G; Medland, Sarah E; Montgomery, Grant W; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M; Franz, Carol E; Kremen, William S; Lyons, Michael J; Silberg, Judy L; Maes, Hermine H; Kandler, Christian; Nelson, Tracy L; Whitfield, Keith E; Corley, Robin P; Huibregtse, Brooke M; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A; Tarnoki, Adam D; Tarnoki, David L; Park, Hang A; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Soo Ji; Sung, Joohon; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sørensen, Thorkild I A; Boomsma, Dorret I; Kaprio, Jaakko
Journal SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Pages 12681
Volume 10
Date 1/07/2020
Grant ID 904-61-090
Funding Body Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10.1038/s41598-020-69526-6
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