GE covariance through phenotype to environment transmission: An assessment in longitudinal twin data and application to childhood anxiety

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-253

  Dolan, Conor V ^a   De Kort, Johanna M ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood anxiety; GE covariance; Niche picking; Phenotype to E transmission; Simplex model; Twindesign

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TWINS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; TWINS;

EID: 84901478704     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-014-9659-5     Document Type: Article

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