/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10773658
>What is a bell curve

>>9769045
>What's going to happen if/when scientists find that different races are more are less likely to have certain genes that code for intelligence?
The genes that code for intelligence in one race may not be the same as those that code for intelligence in others.

>In the new study, Dr. Posthuma and her colleagues limited their research to people of European descent because that raised the odds of finding common genetic variants linked to intelligence.
>But other gene studies have shown that variants in one population can fail to predict what people are like in other populations. Different variants turn out to be important in different groups, and this may well be the case with intelligence.
>"If you try to predict height using the genes we’ve identified in Europeans in Africans, you’d predict all Africans are five inches shorter than Europeans, which isn’t true," Dr. Posthuma said.

>>9731305
got mine from DNA Land
70% african 27% western european
However the study was based on europeans and applying its results outside of that group can be wildly inaccurate. As an example, using this type of genetic prediction of physical height puts africans 5 inches shorter than europeans on average, which isn't correct.