Investigation of quantitative measures related to reading disability in a large sample of sib-pairs from the UK

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-230

  Marlow, Angela J ^a   Fisher, Simon E ^a   Richardson, Alex J ^b   Francks, Clyde ^a   Talcott, Joel B ^b   Monaco, Anthony P ^a   Stein, John F ^b   Cardon, Lon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Familiality; Heritability; Sib pair

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034863552     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010209629021     Document Type: Article

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