Parent-offspring resemblance for reading performance at 7, 12 and 16 years of age in the Colorado Adoption Project

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 769-774

  Wadsworth, Sally J ^a   Corley, R P ^a   Hewitt, J K ^a   Plomin, R ^b   DeFries, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Behavioral genetics; Development; Genetics; Longitudinal Studies; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MALE; PROGENY; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS; CHILD; FOLLOW UP;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; READING;

EID: 0036730213     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00085     Document Type: Article

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