Absolute pitch twin study and segregation analysis

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-178

  Theusch, Elizabeth ^a   Gitschier, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Genetic heterogeneity; Perfect pitch; Segregation analysis; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HEARING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TWINS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79953070848     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.2.173     Document Type: Article

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