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Analysis of Twin Data and Estimation of Heritability Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

Ronald S. Wilson
Ronald S. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Louisville Twin Study, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
*
Louisville Twin Study, Medical-Dental Research Building, P.O. Box 1055, Louisville, Kentucky 40201, USA

Abstract

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In a statistical sense, the objective of twin research is to partition the variance on some criterion measure among genetic and environmental factors. Although certain elaborate models have been developed, these models do not supply a convenient test statistic to show which factors make a significant contribution. Consequently several procedures drawn from analysis of variance have been adapted for use with twin data.

Type
3. Scope and Methodology of Twin Studies
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 25 , January 1976 , pp. 100 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1976

References

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