Article
Measuring behavioral phenotypes: provocations from the "new genetics".
American journal of mental retardation : AJMR - 1 Mar 1995
Dykens E M
Abstract excerpt
Recent revolutionary advances in genetics bring a renewed importance to the behavioral phenotypes of mental retardation syndromes. Although the so-called "new genetics" calls for improved research on syndromic behavior, this work has not been a priority in the larger mental retardation field. Further, the work has suffered from inconsistent definitions and methodologies. In this paper key properties of behavioral...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Infant
- Intellectual Disability
- Intelligence
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype