Mitochondrial DNA marker EST00083 is not associated with high vs. average IQ in a German sample

作者：Moises HW^*; Yang L; Kohnke M; Vetter P; Neppert J; Petrill SA; Plomin R

来源：Intelligence, 1998, 26(4): 377-382.

DOI：10.1016/S0160-2896(99)00006-9

In a recent report in this journal (Plomin & Petrill, 1997), a mitochondrial DNA marker (EST00083) yielded significant associations with high vs. low IQ in mio population-based samples of children in the U.S. The present study tested this allelic association for German adults with high vs. average IQ scores. The high IQ adults (N = 47) were members of Mensa, an organization whose membership criterion is an IQ score above 130. Their EST00083 allelic frequencies were compared to the allelic frequencies for a control group of adults (N = 77) whose IQ scores were less than 110 as estimated from short-term memory and speed-of information-processing tests. Although the differences between the mio studies are considerable, the present results do not provide support for the hypothesis that EST00083 is associated with high IQ.

• 出版日期1998