intelligence gene

intelligence gene

A gene on chromosome 12q15 that encodes high-mobility group (non-histone chromosomal) protein isoform I-C, a variant of which was identified by Project ENIGMA (a massive multi-centre, multination survey study) as a marker for slightly higher scores in IQ tests and slightly bigger brains. Those with the so-called intelligence gene had a cytosine instead of a thymine on a particular locus of HMGA2. Another candidate intelligence gene—STX1A—was identified in patients with Williams syndrome.
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There is also an ongoing search for the "intelligence gene" or genes that can explain variations in intelligence, a hunt for the biological source of general intelligence.
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Since many of the genes that are responsible for mental retardation are located on the X chromosome, that, according to the author, is where the intelligence genes are also to be found.
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