Genetic analysis of motor milestones attainment in early childhood

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Peter, Inga ^a   Vainder, Michael ^a   Livshits, Gregory ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early child motor development; Genetic and environmental factors; Variance decomposition analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHENOTYPE; POSTURE; SIBLING RELATIONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); WALKING;

EID: 0032966453     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320566040     Document Type: Article

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