Tag: genetics

  • Heritability of academic prowess

    Interesting work by Krapohl, et al. in PNAS. I love twin studies. They look comprehensively on the heritability of various factors that contribute to academic achievement, particularly performance on the British* GCSE exams administered during high school. They report that scores are 62% heritable, and that the different traits are from 35 – 58% heritable,…