基因環境相關英文gene-environment correlation / genotype-environment correlation)係指遺傳因素同環境因素之間有統計相關。用日常用語講,即係指一個人嘅遺傳組成係點會同佢嘅成長環境有某啲關係[1]

舉個例說明,遺傳度研究已知攻擊性行為係可以遺傳嘅,噉即係話天生攻擊性高嘅細路比較大機率會有攻擊性高嘅阿爸阿媽,所以比較大機率會受到虐待。噉即係話令人有攻擊性嘅基因(一個遺傳因素)同童年受到虐待(一個環境因素)有正相關[2]

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編輯
  1. Jaffee S. R., & Price T. S. (2007). "Gene-environment correlations: a review of the evidence and implications for prevention of mental illness". Molecular Psychiatry. 12 (5): 432-442.
  2. DiLalla LF, Gottesman II (1991). "Biological and genetic contributions to violence: Widom's untold tale". Psychological Bulletin. 109 (1): 125-129.