Modeling extended twin family data I: Description of the cascade model

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-18

  Keller, Matthew C ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^b   Duncan, Laramie E ^a   Hatemi, Peter K ^b   Neale, Michael C ^b   Maes, Hermine H M ^b   Eaves, Lindon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Classical twin design; Extended twin family design; Model misspecification; Parameter indeterminacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTENDED FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; MATING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 60849088910     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.1.8     Document Type: Article

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