Science in elementary school: Generalist genes and school environments

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 694-701

  Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Kovas, Yulia ^a   Dale, Philip S ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic; School environments; Science performance; Twin

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949085130     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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