Genetic influences on handedness: Data from 25,732 Australian and Dutch twin families

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-337

  Medland, Sarah E ^a,b,c   Duffy, David L ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^a   Geffen, Gina M ^c   Hay, David A ^d   Levy, Florence ^e   van Beijsterveldt, Catherina E M ^f   Willemsen, Gonneke ^f   Townsend, Grant C ^g   White, Vicki ^h   Hewitt, Alex W ⁱ   Mackey, David A ⁱ   Bailey, J Michael ^j   Slutske, Wendy S ^k   Nyholt, Dale R ^a   Treloar, Susan A ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^f  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^h CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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Author keywords

Asymmetry; Behavioral genetics; Extended twin family design; Laterality; Left handed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 58849122655     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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