DUF1220 copy number is linearly associated with increased cognitive function as measured by total IQ and mathematical aptitude scores

Human Genetics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-75

  Davis, Jonathon M ^a   Searles, Veronica B ^a   Anderson, Nathan ^a   Keeney, Jonathon ^a   Raznahan, Armin ^b   Horwood, L John ^c   Fergusson, David M ^c   Kennedy, Martin A ^c   Giedd, Jay ^b   Sikela, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CON1 PROTEIN; CON2 PROTEIN; DUF1220 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APTITUDE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIGITAL DROPLET POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MARKER GENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CHROMOSOME 1; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921937767     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1489-2     Document Type: Article

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