Multivariate genetic analysis of brain structure in an extended twin design

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-319

  Posthuma, D ^a   De Geus, E J C ^a   Neale, M C ^b   Hulshoff Pol, H E ^c   Baare W E C ^c   Kahn, R S ^c   Boomsma, D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extended twin study; Intermediate phenotype; Methodology; MRI; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; TWINS;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034485711     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026501501434     Document Type: Article

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