Pleiotropy across academic subjects at the end of compulsory education

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rimfeld, Kaili ^a   Kovas, Yulia ^a,b,c   Dale, Philip S ^d   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84937888591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11713     Document Type: Article

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