男人和女人的不同社会地位指标的遗传倾向
Martin Fieder1, Susanne Huber1
1Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
概括
男性和女性对社会地位指标 (如工资和教育) 的遗传倾向不同. 这些遗传影响似乎正在演变,尽管社会地位在文化上始终具有重要意义.
科学领域:
- 行为遗传学行为遗传学
- 社会遗传学是社会遗传学.
- 人类进化人类的进化.
背景情况:
- 社会地位有一个已知的遗传基础.
- 对社会地位的性别特异性遗传倾向的理解有限.
- 尚不清楚遗传倾向是否与不同的状态指标相关.
研究的目的:
- 调查各种社会地位指标的遗传倾向.
- 检查这些遗传倾向的性别差异.
- 分析社会地位的遗传倾向之间的相互关系.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自威斯康星州纵向研究的多基因分数.
- 采用多变量多基因回归分析.
- 对24个多基因分数进行了社会地位指标的评估.
主要成果:
- 工资和教育与两性多基因分数的关联较强.
- 对教育和工资的遗传倾向是相关的.
- 在男性中,遗传倾向分为认知技能 (教育/工资) 和主导地位 (等级地位) 指标.
结论:
- 对社会地位的遗传倾向可能正在演变.
- 社会地位体现了一种具有不变的文化重要性,但基因基础不断变化的特征.
- 研究结果表明,特别是在男性中,存在着不同的进化选择压力 (认知与主导).
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