The heritability of testosterone: A study of dutch adolescent twins and their parents

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Harris, Julie Aitken ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Families; Genetics; Sex differences; Testosterone; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031838607     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021466929053     Document Type: Article

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