Some implications of chaos theory for the genetic analysis of human development and variation

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Eaves, Lindon J ^a   Kirk, Katherine M ^b,d   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Russell, Robert J ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaos; Epigenesis; Non linear; Processes; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033004842     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320566103     Document Type: Article

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