Heritability estimates of intelligence in twins: Effect of chorion type

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-217

  Jacobs, Nele ^a,e   Gestel, Sofie Van ^a,f   Derom, Catherine ^a   Thiery, Evert ^b,c   Vernon, Philip ^d   Derom, Robert ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chorion type; Heritability; Intelligence; Prenatal environment; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034863335     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010257512183     Document Type: Article

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