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The alleles your parents kept still predict your schooling — three million genomes on educational attainment

The Genes Your Parents Didn't Pass On Still Predicted Your Schooling

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Three million genomes, 3,952 variants, and a result so strange it changes what the whole field means: the DNA your parents did not pass on still predicts how far you went in school. Here is what the research on studying actually says.

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