The evolutionary genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia: The developmental instability model

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-206

  Yeo, Ronald A ^a   Gangestad, Steven W ^a   Edgar, Chris ^a   Thoma, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical cerebral lateralization; Developmental instability; Evolutionary genetics; Neural development; Schizophrenia; Selection forces

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ABNORMALITIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032836560     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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