Familial sinistrality: the utility of calculating exact genotype probabilities for individuals.

doi:10.1016/s0010-9452(13)80102-5

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Familial sinistrality: the utility of calculating exact genotype probabilities for individuals.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior - 1 Mar 1995

McManus I C

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Measures of familial sinistrality are frequently used in neuropsychological research. However they suffer from the problem that they are essentially a global measure of phenotypes in the family, whereas they are interpreted as an indicator of the genotype of the individual concerned. In this pape...

Topics

Family
Family Characteristics
Female
Functional Laterality
Genotype
Humans
Language
Male
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Pedigree
Probability

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