Heritability of somatotype components from early adolescence into young adulthood: A multivariate analysis on a longitudinal twin study

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 402-418

  Peeters, M W ^a   Thomis, M A ^a   Claessens, A L ^a   Loos, R J F ^a,b   Maes, H H M ^a,c   Lysens, R ^a   Vanden Eynde, B ^a   Vlietinck, R ^a,d   Beunen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATOTYPE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOTYPES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038044827     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0301446031000102744     Document Type: Article

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