Genomic analysis of family data reveals additional genetic effects on intelligence and personality

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2347-2362

  Hill, W David ^a   Arslan, Ruben C ^b,c,d   Xia, Charley ^e   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Amador, Carmen ^e   Navarro, Pau ^e   Hayward, Caroline ^e   Nagy, Reka ^e   Porteous, David J ^a   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Haley, Chris S ^e,f   Penke, Lars ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Primate Cognition ^*  (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EDUCATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALLELE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; SCOTLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 85040357576     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-017-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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