Commingling and segregation analysis of reading performance in families of normal reading probands.

doi:10.1007/BF01067536

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Commingling and segregation analysis of reading performance in families of normal reading probands.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1994

Gilger J W, Borecki I B, DeFries J C, Pennington B F

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This paper reports the results of commingling and genetic segregation analyses performed on a quantitative reading phenotype in 125 families ascertained through normal, nondisabled readers. Commingling analysis using SKUMIX suggested that the reading phenotype best fit a skewed, single distributi...

Topics

Child
Colorado
Dyslexia
Female
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Reading
Reference Values

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