Article
DNA markers associated with high versus low IQ: the IQ Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Project.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 1994
Plomin R, McClearn G E, Smith D L, Vignetti S, Chorney M J, Chorney K, Venditti C P, Kasarda S, Thompson L A, Detterman D K
Abstract excerpt
General cognitive ability (intelligence, often indexed by IQ scores) is one of the most highly heritable behavioral dimensions. In an attempt to identify some of the many genes (quantitative trait loci; QTL) responsible for the substantial heritability of this quantitative trait, the IQ QTL Proje...
Topics
- Alleles
- Cell Line
- Child
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Intelligence
- Male
- Ohio
- Reference Values
