Intellectual disabilities and associated neurodevelopmental disorders may result from rare genetic mutations. Ganna et al. show that these also help explain variability in educational attainment, a proxy for cognitive function.
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Cesarini, D. Rare mutations and educational attainment. Nat Neurosci 19, 1538–1539 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4445
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