Models of spouse similarity: Applications to fluid ability measured in twins and their spouses

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-88

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a,b   Baker, Laura A ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

delta paths; Mate selection; phenotypic assortment; social homogamy; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MATING; PHENOTYPE; SPOUSE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029990226     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02359886     Document Type: Article

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