Genetic transmission of reading ability

Brain and Language

Volumn 172, Issue , 2017, Pages 3-8

  Swagerman, Suzanne C ^a   van Bergen, Elsje ^a,b   Dolan, Conor ^a   de Geus, Eco J C ^a,c   Koenis, Marinka M G ^d   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^d   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Dyslexia; Environment; Genetic transmission; Heritability; Offspring; Parent; Reading; Sibling; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL TRANSMISSION; DUTCHMAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSMISSION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; READING TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; WORD READING FLUENCY; WORD READING TASK; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; READING; SIBLINGS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940702785     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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