Genetic influences in different aspects of language development: the etiology of language skills in 4.5-year-old twins.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00868.x

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Genetic influences in different aspects of language development: the etiology of language skills in 4.5-year-old twins.

Child development - 1 Jan 2000

Kovas Yulia, Hayiou-Thomas Marianna E, Oliver Bonamy, Dale Philip S, Bishop Dorothy V M, Plomin Robert

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The genetic and environmental etiologies of diverse aspects of language ability and disability, including articulation, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and verbal memory, were investigated in a U.K. sample of 787 pairs of 4.5-year-old same-sex and opposite-sex twins. Moderate genetic influence was found for all aspects of language in the normal range. A similar pattern was found at the low end of the distribution...

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Child, Preschool
Female
Genotype
Humans
Individuality
Language Development
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Phenotype
Phonetics
Semantics

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Social Environment

Speech Articulation Tests

Speech Perception

Statistics as Topic

Twins, Dizygotic

Twins, Monozygotic

Verbal Behavior

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PMID: 15892783
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00868.x

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