Design and implementation of a twin-family database for behavior genetics and genomics studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Groot, Paul ^a   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M Toos ^a   Stroet, Therese ^a   Van Dijk, Rob ^b   Wertheim, Rien ^b   Visser, Marco ^b   Van Der Kleij, Frank ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Furore Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN FAMILY DATABASE;

COMPUTER SECURITY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; TWINS;

EID: 45249117065     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.3.342     Document Type: Article

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