Use of the twin design to examine evocative gene-environment effects within a conversational context

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-194

  DeThorne, Laura Segebart ^a   Hart, Sara Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child language; Conversational interaction; Gene environment correlation; Heritability; Twin design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013587068     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2009-3207     Document Type: Article

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