title: Hereditary genius: a centennial problem in resolution of cultural and biological inheritance.
abstract: Galton believed that his data on hereditary genius support purely genetic inheritance. On the contrary, analysis under a simple model shows no clear resolution of genetic and cultural inheritance in this material, or generally, unless adoptive relations, monozygous twins, and/or environmental indices are included in a design adequate to test the assumptions under which they are informative.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010641:Phenotype