The genetics of children's oral reading performance

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-434

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a,e   Hewitt, John K ^a   Erickson, Marilyn T ^b   Rutter, Michael ^c   Simonoff, Emily ^c   Silberg, Judy L ^d   Meyer, Joanne ^d   Eaves, Lindon J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reading performance; Sex limitations; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0029960069     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01423.x     Document Type: Article

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