Genome-wide scan of IQ finds significant linkage to a quantitative trait locus on 2q

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-55

  Luciano, M ^a   Wright, M J ^a   Duffy, D L ^a   Wainwright, M A ^a   Zhu, G ^a   Evans, D M ^a   Geffen, G M ^a   Montgomery, G W ^a   Martin, N G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Genome wide linkage; IQ; Reading ability; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; VARIANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD RECOGNITION; X CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33645768819     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-9003-1     Document Type: Article

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