Familial Aggregation Patterns in Mathematical Ability

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Wijsman, Ellen M ^a,b,d   Robinson, Nancy M ^b   Ainsworth, Kathryn H ^b   Rosenthal, Elisabeth A ^b   Holzman, Ted ^c   Raskind, Wendy H ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation analysis; Cognitive ability; Complex genetic model; Familial correlation; Polygenic

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

APTITUDE; APTITUDE TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0942279601     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000009476.33020.b9     Document Type: Article

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