The inheritance of cognitive skills: Does genomic imprinting play a role?

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-40

  Goos, Lisa ^a   Silverman, Irwin ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cognition; Evolution; Familial correlations; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FATHERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745684491     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677060600685840     Document Type: Article

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