You have the allele T of the gene KIBRA? skills for chess and science

[Defcon2]

(From a tweet in spanish)

https://twitter.com/BioTay/status/1629556131759636481?s=20

People who have the T allele of the KIBRA rs17070145 gene have certain cognitive advantages.

The proportion of the T allele is higher in chess players and those with a PhD.
None of the chess grandmasters have the CC genotype.
Paper https://t.co/8ekBm3MiyI

This T variant of KIBRA rs17070145 has been associated in the past with better episodic memory and less cognitive decline with age (eg, paper, 2018) https://t.co/Gouh7rT1tJ

My genotype: C / T :rolleyes:

[Beowulf]

rs17070145 --

no :p

[Defcon2]

rs17070145 --

no :p

Haven't you been genotyped? in 23andme they do.

[Grace O'Malley]

https://i.imgur.com/XD8z1Ps.png

[Seya]

From what I understand the T allele carriers have a better memory but a better memory ≠ smarter. It can help but it wont increase your intelligence.

[Cybele]

https://i.imgur.com/oTvKp8Q.png
I gotta learn playing chess now, I guess :)

[Tie red]

It's silly to rely on only one variant to guess cognitive performance.

Thousand of variants are at play to increase or decrease global cognitive performance.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6411041/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30038396/

[Beowulf]

Haven't you been genotyped? in 23andme they do.

i only have FTDNA and My Heritage

[Celestia]

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I’ve never been exceptional at chess but I’ve always enjoyed science-related subjects.