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. 2009 Dec;12(6):555-63.
doi: 10.1375/twin.12.6.555.

Evidence for shared genetic dominance between the general factor of personality, mental and physical health, and life history traits

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Evidence for shared genetic dominance between the general factor of personality, mental and physical health, and life history traits

Aurelio José Figueredo et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

We reanalyze previously published data on 309 MZ and 333 DZ twin pairs aged 25 to 74 years from the MIDUS survey, a nationally representative archived sample, to examine how much of the genetic covariance between a general factor of personality (GFP), a lower-order life history factor, and a general physical and mental health factor, is of the nonadditive variety. We found nonadditive genetic effects (D) could not be ruled out as a contributor to the shared variance of these three latent factors to a Super-K Life History factor. We suggest these genetic correlations support the view that a slow (K-selected) life history strategy, good health, and the GFP coevolved and are mutually coadapted through directional selection.

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