Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
1 min readApr 6, 2019

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Glad you enjoyed the article Zachary! Your crazy risk-taking behavior may be partly genetic :)

The authors of the study focused on two variants (i.e. alleles) for the human PRKG1 gene. One was the A allele (the sitter variant) and one was the C allele (the rover variant). The effects of cautious exploration applied primarily to people with an AA genotype, which means they inherited an A allele from both of their parents.

Among the participants in the study, the researchers reported that ~50% of people had the AA genotype, ~40% had the CA genotype, and ~10% had the CC genotype. They also reported that these proportions were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

Written by Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

Research Leader (Ex-Instagram / Chief Scientist at multiple startups). Author of the The Brainlift Newsletter: https://erman.substack.com/

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