Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 8 , Pages 783-793, August 2010

Quantitative Genetics in the Era of Molecular Genetics: Learning Abilities and Disabilities as an Example

  • Claire M.A. Haworth, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Claire Haworth, SGDP Centre P080, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Robert Plomin, Ph.D.

Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, United Kingdom

Accepted 22 March 2010. published online 06 May 2010.

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 This article is discussed in an editorial by Drs. James J. Hudziak and Stephen V. Faraone on page 729.

 Preparation of this paper was supported in part by grants from the U.K. Medical Research Council (G050079), the Wellcome Trust (WT084728) and the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD44454). CMAH is supported by an MRC/ESRC Interdisciplinary Fellowship (G0802681).

 This is one of several articles published in the August and September issues of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that explores the intersection of genetics and mental health disorders in children and adolescents. The editors invite the reader to investigate the additional articles on this burgeoning area of developmental psychopathology.

 Disclosure: Drs. Haworth and Plomin report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00291-1

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2010.01.026

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 8 , Pages 783-793, August 2010

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