Estimating heritability from twin studies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 850, Issue , 2012, Pages 151-170

  Verweij, Karin J H ^a,b   Mosing, Miriam A ^a,b   Zietsch, Brendan P ^a,b   Medland, Sarah E ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Classical twin design; Environment; Genetics; Heritability; Mx; OpenMx; Quantitative genetics; Twin; Twin modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; TWINS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84858167593     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-555-8_9     Document Type: Article

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