Multilocus genetic models of handedness closely resemble single-locus models in explaining family data and are compatible with genome-wide association studies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1288, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-58

  Mcmanus, I C ^a   Davison, Angus ^b   Armour, John A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family data; Genetics; GWAS; Handedness; Inheritance; Multilocus model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MCMANUS MODEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR GENETICS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TWINS;

EID: 84878855559     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12102     Document Type: Article

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