Molarity not modularity: Multivariate genetic analysis of specific cognitive abilities in parents and their 16-year-old children in the colorado adoption project

Cognitive Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-193

  Alarcón, Maricela ^a,c   Plomin, Robert ^b   Fulker, David W ^b   Corley, Robin ^a   Defries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0032623155     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(99)80023-9     Document Type: Article

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