Broadened Genetic Insights on Education

Our collaborative study on the cross-population genetic architecture of education attainment is published in Nature Human Behaviour

This joint study by Taiwan and South Korea researchers presents the first large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment, a heritable trait linked to cognitive ability, in East Asian ancestry. Combining this with data from European ancestry, the study reveals a high genetic correlation and similar functional enrichment between populations. Cross-ancestry analysis improved variant fine-mapping and polygenic prediction transferability. The research supports the importance of diverse ancestries to better understand the genetics of educational attainment.

Reference:
Chen, T.-T., Kim, J., Lam, M., Chuang, Y.-F., Chiu, Y.-L., … Feng, Y. A., Lin, Y. F., Myung, W., Chen, C. Y., Won, H. H. (2024). Shared genetic architectures of educational attainment in East Asian and European populations. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(3), 562–575.