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26880866
TITLE
A test of the facultative calibration/reactive heritability model of extraversion.
ABSTRACT
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A model proposed by Lukaszewski and Roney (2011) suggests that each individual's level of extraversion is calibrated to other traits that predict the success of an extraverted behavioural strategy. Under 'facultative calibration', extraversion is not directly heritable, but rather exhibits heritability through its calibration to directly heritable traits ("reactive heritability"). The current study uses biometrical modelling of 1659 identical and non-identical twins and their siblings to assess whether the genetic variation in extraversion is calibrated to variation in facial attractiveness, intelligence, height in men and body mass index (BMI) in women. Extraversion was significantly positively correlated with facial attractiveness in both males (r=.11) and females (r=.18), but correlations between extraversion and the other variables were not consistent with predictions. Further, twin modelling revealed that the genetic variation in facial attractiveness did not account for a substantial proportion of the variation in extraversion in either males (2.4%) or females (0.5%).
DATE PUBLISHED
2015 Sep
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
entrez 2016/02/17 06:00
pubmed 2016/02/18 06:00
medline 2016/02/18 06:00
pmc-release 2016/03/01 00:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Haysom HJ
Mitchem DG
Lee AJ
Wright MJ
Martin NG
Keller MC
Zietsch BP
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 36
ISSUE: 5
TITLE: Evolution and human behavior : official journal of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
ISOABBREVIATION: Evol. Hum. Behav.
YEAR: 2015
MONTH: Sep
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1090-5138
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Evol Hum Behav
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ISSNLINKING: 1090-5138
NLMUNIQUEID: 9709475
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PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
JOURNAL ARTICLE
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
K01 MH085812 NIMH NIH HHS United States
R01 MH100141 NIMH NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
KEYWORD
behaviour genetics
facultative calibration
personality
reactive heritability
relative bargaining power
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