6/11 Negative control analyses of a polygenic index of height with educational attainment and height indicate that this G x E interaction is specific to the educational domain.

5/11 Since German reunification denotes a single timepoint historical event, it can be considered a historically bound categorical version of birth year. Thus, we show that this G x E interaction is replicated using a birth year variable rather than German reunification.

4/11 We found that the magnitude of polygenic associations with educational attainment did not differ between East and West Germany before reunification but increased in East Germany thereafter.

🚨📜 Debut publication alert!

Do genetics influence education differently across state borders? 🧬📚 We tested differences in genetic associations with education in East and West 🇩🇪 around reunification!

Out now in Psychological Science 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0956...

#Sociogenomics #MPRGBiosocial #MPIB

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Negative control analyses of a polygenic index of height with educational attainment (A) and height (B) indicate that this G x E interaction is specific to the educational domain

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Since German reunification denotes a single timepoint historical event, it can be considered a historically bound categorical version of birth year. Thus, we show that this G x E interaction is replicated using a birth year variable rather than German reunification

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We find that polygenic associations with educational attainment were significantly stronger among East, but not West, Germans after but not before reunification

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Excited to share my first PhD publication at #MPRGBiosocial together with Laurel Raffington ! 🚨📜

🧬📚 We examined geographical and historical differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment in East and West Germany around reunification🧬🏛️

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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