Genome-wide scan for prospective memory suggests linkage to chromosome 12q22

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-28

  Singer, Jamie J ^a   Falchi, Mario ^a   MacGregor, Alex J ^a,b   Cherkas, Lynn F ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linkage; LOD; Prospective memory; QTL; SCAD gene; Self report questionnaire; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33645794322     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-9011-1     Document Type: Article

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