Environmental influences that may precede fertilization: A first examination of the prezygotic hypothesis from maternal age influences on twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Finch, Caleb E ^a   Loehlin, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Oocyte; Prezygotic hypothesis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031959169     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021415823234     Document Type: Article

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