Absolute pitch exhibits phenotypic and genetic overlap with synesthesia

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2097-2104

  Gregersen, Peter K ^a   Kowalsky, Elena ^a   Lee, Annette ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Fisher, Simon E ^c,d   Asher, Julian E ^b   Ballard, David ^a   Freudenberg, Jan ^a   Li, Wentian ^a  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PITCH; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CODON; COGNITION; COLOR; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYNESTHESIA;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PITCH PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84877024598     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt059     Document Type: Article

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