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Nature beats nurture in exam grade differences

December 12, 2013 by

In a large UK study of teenage twins, researchers found that differences in exam grades owed more to genes than family environment, schools and teachers. In math, English and science, genes accounted for nearly 60% of the differences, they found.

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