GenPsych Course 2020, Origins 5: Genome-Wide Studies etc
Channel: Randall O'Reilly
Date: 07/12/2020

Lecture 5 of 10 for Chapter 10: Origins: Evolution, Genetics and Development
Principles of Psychology & Neuroscience Textbook: https://PrinciplesOfPsych.org

Very recent detailed studies of the human genome in relation to things like IQ, using Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS), show us that, in most cases, any one gene has relatively small effects -- genetic effects are the result of many different genetic alleles working together.