Multivariate path analysis of specific cognitive abilities data at 12 years of age in the Colorado adoption project

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-264

  Alarcón, Maricela ^a,c   Plomin, R ^b   Fulker, D W ^a,b   Corley, R ^a   DeFries, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Assortment; Cognitive abilities; Heritability; Multivariate; Specific

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOPTION; ADULT; APTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031685041     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021667213066     Document Type: Article

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