A genomewide scan for intelligence identifies quantitative trait loci on 2q and 6p

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 318-326

  Posthuma, Danielle ^a   Luciano, Michelle ^b   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Wright, Margie J ^b   Slagboom, P Eline ^c   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RARE DISEASE; SIBLING;

EID: 22544482638     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432647     Document Type: Article

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