An Extended Twin-Pedigree Study of Neuroticism in the Netherlands Twin Register

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-11

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b,c   Helmer, Quinta ^a   Nieuwboer, Harold A ^a   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^a,b   de Moor, Marleen H ^a,b   van den Berg, Stéphanie M ^d   Davies, Gareth E ^c   Vink, Jacqueline M ^e   Schouten, Maarten J ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^a,b   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b   van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Ligthart, Lannie ^a,b   de Geus, Eco J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Avera Institute for Human Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extended twin family design; Genetic non additivity; Heritability; Netherlands Twin Register; Neuroticism; Pedigree analysis; Shared household effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; TWIN STUDY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; NEUROTICISM; PEDIGREE; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 85031500905     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-017-9872-0     Document Type: Article

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