A STUDY OF THE HERITABILITY OF INTELLIGENCE IN SUDAN

Howida Sirelkhatim Abdalrahim Toto; Davide Piffer; Omar Haroun Khaleefa; Rogai Al-Sayed Al-Tayeb Bader; Salaheldin Farah Attallah Bakhiet; Richard Lynn; Yossry Ahmed Sayed Essa

doi:10.1017/S0021932018000159

A STUDY OF THE HERITABILITY OF INTELLIGENCE IN SUDAN

J Biosoc Sci. 2019 Mar;51(2):307-311. doi: 10.1017/S0021932018000159. Epub 2018 May 23.

Authors

Howida Sirelkhatim Abdalrahim Toto¹, Davide Piffer², Omar Haroun Khaleefa³, Rogai Al-Sayed Al-Tayeb Bader³, Salaheldin Farah Attallah Bakhiet⁴, Richard Lynn⁵, Yossry Ahmed Sayed Essa⁴

Affiliations

¹ *Sudan University of Science & Technology,Sudan.
² †Ulster Institute for Social Research,London,UK.
³ ‡University of Khartoum,Sudan.
⁴ §Department of Special Education,College of Education,King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
⁵ ¶University of Ulster,Coleraine,Northern Ireland.

PMID: 29789024
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932018000159

Abstract

Intelligence was assessed using the Standard Progressive Matrices in 316 MZ and 550 same-sex DZ twins with a mean age of 10 years in Sudan. Heritability was estimated at 0.172 and shared environmental influences at 0.596.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Correlation of Data
Female
Humans
Intelligence / genetics*
Male
Social Environment
Sudan
Twins, Dizygotic / genetics*
Twins, Monozygotic / genetics*
Young Adult