Recently-derived variants of brain-size genes ASPM, MCPH1, CDK5RAP and BRCA1 not associated with general cognition, reading or language

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 689-693

  Bates, Timothy C ^a,b   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Lind, Penelope A ^b   Wright, Margaret J ^b   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASPM; Brain size; Dyslexia; Evolution; Intelligence; Language impairment; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849127147     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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