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Assumptions in studies of heritability and genotype–phenotype association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2012

Michael B. Miller ,
Colin G. DeYoung  and
Matt McGue
Michael B. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. mbmiller@umn.edu http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EV_phq4AAAAJ&hl=en cdeyoung@umn.edu http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/
Colin G. DeYoung
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. mbmiller@umn.edu http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EV_phq4AAAAJ&hl=en cdeyoung@umn.edu http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/
Matt McGue
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. mbmiller@umn.edu http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EV_phq4AAAAJ&hl=en cdeyoung@umn.edu http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/ Department of Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark. mcgue001@umn.edu http://www.psych.umn.edu/people/faculty/mcgue.htm
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Abstract

Charney's dismissal of well-established methods in behavioral genetic research is misguided. He claims that studies of heritability and genetic association depend for their validity on six assumptions, but he cites no sources to support this claim. We explain why none of the six assumptions is strictly necessary for the utility of either method of genetic analysis.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 372 - 373
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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