Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ504349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Cranial Capacity in Black and White Adolescents.
Rushton, J. Philippe; Osborne, R. Travis
Intelligence, v20 n1 p1-13 Jan-Feb 1995
Data from 236 pairs of black twins and white twins aged 13-17 years were used to examine genetic and environmental factors influencing cranial size, an indirect estimate of brain volume. Genetic factors are required to account for the phenotypic variance in cranial capacity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Influences, Blacks, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy, Twins, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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