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Evidence on the poorer spatial visualization ability in various Negro populations compared to the white populations and on the direction and magnitude of sex differences in spatial ability relative to other abilities suggests the genetic hypothesis that spatial ability is enhanced by a sex-linked recessive gene and that, since the 20–30% admixture of Caucasian genes in American Negroes came mostly from male white ancestors, relatively fewer X-linked than autosomal Caucasian genes were transmitted to the American Negro gene pool. The genetic model as explicitly formulated indicates the kinds of data which could substantiate or disprove the theory, but which do not now exist.
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Jensen, A.R. A theoretical note on sex linkage and race differences in spatial visualization ability. Behav Genet 5, 151–164 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066808
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