A multivariate twin study of autistic traits in 12-year-olds: Testing the fractionable autism triad hypothesis

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-255

  Robinson, Elise B ^a,b,c   Koenen, Karestan C ^a,c,d   McCormick, Marie C ^a   Munir, Kerim ^a,e   Hallett, Victoria ^f,g   Happé, Francesca ^f   Plomin, Robert ^f,h   Ronald, Angelica ^f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic traits; Genetic overlap; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; ZYGOSITY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84860651207     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9500-3     Document Type: Article

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