DF-analyses of heritability with double-entry twin data: Asymptotic standard errors and efficient estimation

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-191

  Kohler, Hans Peter ^a   Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

DF analysis; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; ERROR; HERITABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0034863294     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010253411274     Document Type: Article

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