Evidence for shared genetic dominance between the general factor of personality, mental and physical health, and life history traits

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 555-563

  Figueredo, Aurelio José ^a   Rushton, J Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big One; General factor of personality; Heritability; Nonadditive genetic variance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 74949130980     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.6.555     Document Type: Article

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