Genetic link between family socioeconomic status and children's educational achievement estimated from genome-wide SNPs

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 437-443

  Krapohl, E ^a   Plomin, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958839102     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.2     Document Type: Article

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