A genome-wide association study for extremely high intelligence

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1226-1232

  Zabaneh, D ^a   Krapohl, E ^a   Gaspar, H A ^a,b   Curtis, C ^a,b   Lee, S H ^a,b   Patel, H ^a,b   Newhouse, S ^a,b   Wu, H M ^a   Simpson, M A ^c   Putallaz, M ^d   Lubinski, D ^e   Plomin, R ^a   Breen, G ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM12 PROTEIN; ADAM12 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADAM12 GENE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTRON; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ADAM12 PROTEIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 85026665708     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.121     Document Type: Article

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