The genetics of colored sequence synesthesia: Suggestive evidence of linkage to 16q and genetic heterogeneity for the condition

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-52

  Tomson, Steffie N ^a   Avidan, Nili ^b   Lee, Kwanghyuk ^a   Sarma, Anand K ^a   Tushe, Rejnal ^a   Milewicz, Dianna M ^b   Bray, Molly ^c   Leal, Suzanne M ^a   Eagleman, David M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

16q; Family linkage analysis; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16Q; COLORED SEQUENCE SYNESTHESIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79955858824     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.071     Document Type: Article

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