Our fragile intellect. Part I

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Crabtree, Gerald R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT EFFECT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84871678867     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.10.002     Document Type: Note

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