Further evidence against the environmental transmission of individual differences in Neuroticism from a collaborative study of 45,850 twins and relatives on two continents

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-233

  Lake, Robert I E ^a,d   Eaves, Lindon J ^b   Maes, Hermine H M ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Environment; Genes; Neuroticism; Personality; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033746840     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001918408984     Document Type: Article

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