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Genetics and brain morphology.
Neuropsychology review - 1 Mar 2015
Strike Lachlan T, Couvy-Duchesne Baptiste, Hansell Narelle K, Cuellar-Partida Gabriel, Medland Sarah E, Wright Margaret J
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A wealth of empirical evidence is accumulating on the genetic mediation of brain structure phenotypes. This comes from twin studies that assess heritability and genetic covariance between traits, candidate gene associations, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that can identify specific genetic variants. Here we review the major findings from each of these approaches and consider how they inform on the...
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