Genetic architecture of verbal abilities in children and adolescents

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1041-1053

  Hoekstra, Rosa A ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a   Van Leeuwen, Marieke ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350108597     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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