Absolute pitch: An approach for identification of genetic and nongenetic components

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-231

  Baharloo, Siamak ^a   Johnston, Paul A ^a   Service, Susan K ^a   Gitschier, Jane ^a,b   Freimer, Nelson B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031887302     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301704     Document Type: Article

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