The illogic of using PRS differences to prove group differences. Interestingly, this is near identical to R.A. Fisher's arguments for not accepting tobacco as a cause of cancer. Both were correct. Mechanism, mechanism, mechanismhttps://twitter.com/DocEdge85/status/1081358427312447490 …
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Replying to @timothycbates
An admixture study would tell you the answer without necessarily giving any info on mechanisms.
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Sandra Scarr tried that… As von Mises & Darwin both noted behavior, including mating is not random. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00273154 …pic.twitter.com/vf2xvLPwfP
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Replying to @timothycbates
She didn't have the info to do it. But we do. And we do such studies for traits of medical interest, like BMI.
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We could even look at differences in ancestry between siblings.
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No, that was just relatedness, not ancestry.http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.0020041 …
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