Genetic influences on reading difficulties in boys and girls: The Colorado twin study

Dyslexia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-29

  Hawke, Jesse L ^a   Wadsworth, Sally J ^a   DeFries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Genetics; Heritability; Reading disability; Twins

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UNITED STATES;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; COLORADO; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33344462433     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.301     Document Type: Article

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