Food neophobia shows heritable variation in humans

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 573-578

  Knaapila, Antti ^a,b   Tuorila, Hely ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Keskitalo, Kaisu ^a,b   Kallela, Mikko ^c   Wessman, Maija ^a,d   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b   Cherkas, Lynn F ^e   Spector, Tim D ^e   Perola, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family; Food neophobia; Genetic; Heritability; Quantitative trait; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34547837459     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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