Twins - Novel uses to study complex traits and genetic diseases

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-134

  MacGregor, Alex J ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a   Schork, Nicholas J ^b   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034161356     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01946-0     Document Type: Review

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