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The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality is a book by psychologist and behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.
In September 2021, Harden published a book on the same concept, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality, which summarized the history and modern forefront of genetic research and argued that "the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society". [13]
He also investigates the genetic influences of work behavior, such as job satisfaction and leadership, based on data from the Minnesota Twin Registry. In one study, Arvey et al. found that approximately 30% of the variance in leadership is genetically influenced while environmental factors contribute to the remaining differences.
John R. Koza is a computer scientist and a former adjunct professor at Stanford University, most notable for his work in pioneering the use of genetic programming for the optimization of complex problems.
It was established in 1967 and covers all topics related to the genetics of viruses, bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals, including humans. The current editor is Tatjana Piotrowski. [2] As of 2024, Journal Citation Reports gives the journal a 2023 impact factor of 8.7, ranking it eleventh out of 191 journals in the category "Genetics ...
One review in the Journal of Gambling Studies in 2011 concluded that the poor are “still the leading patron of the lottery”; another study, conducted by the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2012, found that men, black people, Native Americans and those in disadvantaged neighborhoods play the game at higher rates than others. Over ...
The Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics was first published in 2000. The nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews decided that its existing journals of the Annual Review of Medicine and Annual Review of Genetics were shifting their coverage from biochemical genetics to molecular interpretation; the new journal could focus on the intersection of genetics and medicine. [4]
Sandel points out that without genetic engineering, a child is "at the mercy of the genetic lottery." [14] Insurance markets allow a pooling of risk for the benefit of all: those who turn out to be healthy subsidise those who are not. This could be phrased more generally as: individual success is not fully determined by that individual or their ...