Heritability of head size in Dutch and Australian twin families at ages 0-50 years

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-380

  Smit, Dirk J A ^a   Luciano, Michelle ^b,c   Bartels, Meike ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Catharine E M ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^b   Hansell, Narelle K ^b   Brunner, Han G ^d   Estourgie van Burk, G Frederiek ^a,e   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain size; Head circumference; Infant growth; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC STABILITY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77955735895     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.4.370     Document Type: Article

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