[ExI] Armchair Evolutionary Psychology: Larks vs Night Owls

[The Avantguardian]

--- The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
If
> we
> calculate the frequency of heterozygotes for owlishness we have
> 2LO=0.0775 or about 7.75% of the population being heterozygotes. This
> is very close to the published prevalence of DSPS in adolescents.

FYI I made a slight error in the math by forgetting to multiply 2L by O
for the frequency of the heterozygotes: 2LO=0.0745 or 7.45% which is
even closer to 7%.
 

Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"Life is the sum of all your choices."  
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