Comparison of Twin and Extended Pedigree Designs for Obtaining Heritability Estimates

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 461-466

  Docherty, Anna R ^a   Kremen, William S ^b,c   Panizzon, Matthew S ^b   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth C ^a   Franz, Carol E ^b   Lyons, Michael J ^d   Eaves, Lindon J ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Pedigree design; Power; Simulation; Twin design

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSICAL TWIN DESIGN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTENDED PEDIGREE DESIGN; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUROIMAGING; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SECOND DEGREE RELATIVE; TWINS; VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWIN STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIBLINGS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84930540179     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9720-z     Document Type: Article

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