Investigating the relationship between FMR1 allele length and cognitive ability in children: A subtle effect of the normal allele range on the normal ability range?

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-565

  Loat, C S ^a   Craig, G ^a   Plomin, R ^a   Craig, I W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fragile X syndrome; Intermediate allele; Premutation; Trinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 33746822949     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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