By some estimates, more than half of all genes express themselves in the brain: that is, more than ten thousand genes. This means that genetic variation for mental and behavioral traits should be especially extensive and fine-grained in our species--contra decades of social science dogma.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Trivers on genes and mental traits
From Robert Trivers' The Folly of Fools:
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