Increasing genotype-phenotype model determinism: Application to bivariate reading/language traits and epistatic interactions in language-impaired families

Human Heredity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-244

  Simmons, Tabatha R ^a   Flax, Judy F ^b,c   Azaro, Marco A ^c   Hayter, Jared E ^c   Justice, Laura M ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Bassett, Anne S ^d,e   Tallal, Paula ^b   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^c   Bartlett, Christopher W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Genetic association study; Genetic epistasis; Genetic linkage; Penetrance

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 13Q; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; READING;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MEMORY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77957761425     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320367     Document Type: Article

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