Genes, cognition, and communication: Insights from neurodevelopmental disorders

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1156, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-18

  Bishop, D V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASPM; Autism; Communication; Copy number variant (CNV); Copy number variants; Dyslexia; FOXP2; Genes; Language; Microcephalin; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs); Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; EFFECT SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MICROCEPHALY; PHENOTYPE; READING;

EID: 63449095617     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04419.x     Document Type: Article

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