title: Our fragile intellect. Part I.
abstract: New developments in genetics, anthropology, and neurobiology predict that a very large number of genes underlie our intellectual and emotional abilities, making these abilities genetically surprisingly fragile.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Center, B211, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. crabtree@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Gerald R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D015988:Cohort Effect; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000235:genetics; D042822:Genomic Instability / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D007360:Intelligence / Q000235:genetics*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology