Synaesthesia: Discordant male monozygotic twins

Neurocase

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 363-370

  Smilek, Daniel ^a   Dixon, Mike J ^a   Merikle, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DYSESTHESIA; EXPERIENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNESTHESIA; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENOTYPE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 27944489650     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790500205413     Document Type: Article

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