Generalist genes and learning disabilities: A multivariate genetic analysis of low performance in reading, mathematics, language and general cognitive ability in a sample of 8000 12-year-old twins

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1318-1325

  Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Kovas, Yulia ^b   Harlaar, Nicole ^c   Hayiou Thomas, Marianna E ^d   Petrill, Stephen A ^c   Dale, Philip S ^e   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Generalist genes; Learning disability; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 70449586758     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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