DNA pooling identifies QTLs on chromosome 4 for general cognitive ability in children

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 915-922

  Fisher, Paul J ^a   Turic, Dragana ^a   Williams, Nigel M ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a,b   Asherson, Philip ^b   Ball, David ^b   Craig, Ian ^b   Eley, Thalia ^b   Hill, Linzy ^b   Chorney, Karen ^c   Chorney, Michael J ^c   Benbow, Camilla P ^d   Lubinski, David ^d   Plomin, Robert ^b   Owen, Michael J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4; COGNITION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0032945943     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.5.915     Document Type: Article

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