Putting the 'human' back in genetics: Modeling the extended kinships of twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Eaves, Lindon ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTENDED FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATE CHOICE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWINS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 60849123505     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.1.1     Document Type: Review

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