The Impact of Variation in Twin Relatedness on Estimates of Heritability and Environmental Influences
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DOI: 10.1007/s10519-017-9875-x
Abstract: By taking advantage of the natural variation in genetic relatedness among identical (monozygotic: MZ) and fraternal (dizygotic: DZ) twins, twin studies are able to estimate genetic and environmental contributions to complex human behaviors. Recently concerns… read more here.
Keywords: variation; environmental influences; relatedness; estimates heritability ... See more keywords