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J. C. DeFries

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The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood2009 · 618 citations
Evidence for a genetic aetiology in reading disability of twins1987 · 312 citations
Origins of individual differences in infancy : the Colorado Adoption Project1985 · 256 citations
Genetics and intelligence: Recent data1980 · 235 citations
Genetic and environmental components of "environmental" influences.1985 · 208 citations

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Genome‐wide screening for DNA variants associated with reading and language traits

Genes Brain & Behavior·2014·19 authors·Open access

117citations

The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood

Molecular Psychiatry·2009·23 authors·Open access

618citations

Bivariate linkage scan for reading disability and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder localizes pleiotropic loci

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry·2005·10 authors·Open access

102citations

Refinement of the 6p21.3 quantitative trait locus influencing dyslexia: linkage and association analyses

Human Genetics·2004·6 authors

152citations

Parent–offspring resemblance for reading performance at 7, 12 and 16 years of age in the Colorado Adoption Project

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry·2002·5 authors

50citations

Evidence for Linkage and Association with Reading Disability, on 6p21.3-22

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Brain morphometry in reading-disabled twins

Neurology·1999·10 authors

46citations

Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center

Learning Disabilities: a Multidisciplinary Journal·1997·1 author

129citations

Genetics of specific reading disability

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews·1996·2 authors

162citations

Gender Ratios Among Reading‐Disabled Children and Their Siblings as a Function of Parental Impairment

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry·1992·5 authors

81citations

Differential heritability across levels of cognitive ability

Behavior Genetics·1992·4 authors

69citations

Risk for Reading Disability as a Function of Parental History in Three Family Studies

Neuropsychology and cognition·1991·3 authors·chapter

127citations

Reading performance and general cognitive ability: A multivariate genetic analysis of twin data

Personality and Individual Differences·1990·2 authors

42citations

Gender Ratios in Children with Reading Disability and Their Affected Relatives

Journal of Learning Disabilities·1989·1 author

107citations

Family History as an Indicator of Risk for Reading Disability

Journal of Learning Disabilities·1985·3 authors

105citations

Origins of individual differences in infancy : the Colorado Adoption Project

DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library)·1985·2 authors

256citations

Genetic and environmental components of "environmental" influences.

Developmental Psychology·1985·3 authors

208citations

Genetic and environmental transmission in the Colorado Adoption Project: Path analysis

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology·1983·2 authors

87citations

The Colorado Adoption Project

Child Development·1983·2 authors

116citations

Cognitive Abilities in Families with Reading Disabled Children

Journal of Learning Disabilities·1980·2 authors

64citations

Genetics and intelligence: Recent data

Intelligence·1980·2 authors

235citations

Genetic models of reading disability

Behavior Genetics·1980·3 authors

98citations

Familial resemblance for specific cognitive abilities

Behavior Genetics·1979·7 authors

179citations

Familial Nature of Reading Disability

The British Journal of Psychiatry·1978·4 authors

110citations

GENETICS OF SPECIFIC COGNITIVE ABILITIES

Annual Review of Genetics·1976·3 authors

70citations

Near Identity of Cognitive Structure in Two Ethnic Groups

Science·1974·7 authors

106citations