Genetic covariation underlying reading, language and related measures in a sample selected for specific language impairment

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-659

  Logan, Jessica ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Flax, Judy ^c   Justice, Laura M ^a   Hou, Liping ^a   Bassett, Anne S ^d   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)

Author keywords

Heritability; Language; Pedigree; Reading; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TWINS;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; READING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054869367     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9435-0     Document Type: Article

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