Genetics of specific reading disability

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  DeFries, J C ^a   Alarcón, Maricela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

DF analysis; Genetics; Heritability; Quantitative trait loci; Reading disability; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002190754     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1996)2:1<39::AID-MRDD7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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