Environmental effects exceed genetic effects on perceived intensity and pleasantness of several odors: A three-population twin study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-492

  Knaapila, Antti ^a,b   Tuorila, Hely ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^c   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^d   Keskitalo, Kaisu ^a,b   Hansen, Jonathan ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Perola, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heritability; Olfaction; Psychophysics; Scratch and sniff; Smell; Twin

Indexed keywords

ISOVALERIC ACID; TURPENTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CACAO; CHILD; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SMELLING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODORS; PERCEPTION; SMELL; TWINS;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM;

EID: 52549115475     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-008-9211-6     Document Type: Article

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