昆士兰大学的波本.本杰明博士和他的同事分析了18000名来自澳大利亚、荷兰、英国和美国的6至18岁儿童的DNA样本和IQ分数,寻找这些儿童的DNA差异与IQ分数差异之间的联系。结果显示,一个被称为FNBPIL的基因与儿童智商存在显著联系。这个基因此前曾被证明是预测成年智商的最重要基因。通常科学家在观察遗传因素如何影响个体特征的时候喜欢寻找被称为“单核苷酸多态性”的基因变种,这 Bourbon Benjamin and his colleagues at the University of Queensland analyzed DNA samples and IQ scores from 18,000 children aged 6 to 18 from Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States to find the difference between DNA and IQ scores in these children contact. The results showed that a gene called FNBPIL was significantly associated with children’s IQ. This gene has previously been shown to be the most important predictor of adult intelligence. Usually scientists like to look for genetic variants known as “SNPs” when looking at how genetic factors affect individual traits, which