Twin Studies
Brazilian Twin Registry: A Bright Future for Twin Studies/Twin Research: Twin Study of Alcohol Consumption and Mortality; Oxygen Uptake in Adolescent Twins/In the News: Superfecundated Twins In Vietnam; Adolescent Twin Relations; Twin and Triplet Co-Workers; A Special Twin Ultrasound; Monozygotic Twins With Different Skin Color; Identical Twin Returns from Space
... Brazilian Twin Registry for the study of genetic, social, and cultural influences on behavior is one of eleven newly funded projects in the Department of Psychology at the University of S ˜ao ...planned ...
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Genetic Contribution to the Variance of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression of Twin Studies
... in twin studies, whereas their 95% CIs overlapped, showing the 5% differences were not ...comparing twin studies and GWAS, it was suggested that the identified loci generally accounted for a ...
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twin studies: what can they tell us about nature and nurture?
... traditional twin studies rely on statisti- cal analyses of differences in identical and fraternal twins to “decompose” the variations between them into these three ...These studies cannot, however, ...
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The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold
... few studies actually report test variances (see Kamin & Goldberger, 2002 for ...recent twin studies typically accounts for only around 50% of raw score ...in twin studies is sub- ...
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How Does the Inclusion of Twins Conceived via Fertility Treatments Influence the Results of Twin Studies?
... of twin births in the United States, 1980– ...into twin studies, it also has potential consequences for the heritability estimates obtained in these ...of twin families. Twin similarity ...
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Musical Interests and Talent: Twin Jazz Musicians and Twin Studies/Twin Research: Loss of a Preterm Multiple; Conjoined Twin Conception; Depression in Fathers of Twins; Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome/Twin News: High-Achieving Twins; Twin Children of a Tennis Star; Conjoined Twin Separation; Twin Delivery to a Giant Panda
... The extent to which practice contributes to musical tal- ent has also been addressed via twin studies. Hambrick and Tucker-Drob (2015) found evidence of genetic influence on music practice. In particular, ...
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The 2016 Satellite Meeting of the International Society of Twin Studies: An Overview/Tribute to Irving I. Gottesman/Research: MZ Twinning After Single Embryo Transfer; Twin Study of Mononucleosis; Cerebral Injury After Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Surgery/Human Interest: Sixteen Twin Pairs Born in a Single Hospital; Death of an Identical Twin Playwright; Twin Themes in Advertising; Conjoined Twins Separated in Saudi Arabia; Murder of One Twin By Her Co-Twin Disproved
... Amabile Dario (Australia; originally from Brazil) dis- cussed the relationship of obesity and back pain, and pre- sented data showing that the former does not appear to be caused by the latter. Activity was also not ...
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Twin Studies in Brazil: Projects and Plans / Twin Research: Infant Twins’ Viewing of Social Scenes; Religiosity and Substance Abuse; Down Syndrome Among Twins; Twin Case of Chronic Periodontitis / In the News: The Twin ‘Property Brothers’, Twins With Cerebral Palsy; Twins Affected With the Zika Virus; Twin Writers Derek and Roddy; Twins on Sports Teams; Local Quads
... about twin de- velopment (Dr Marco Antonio Varella), separate discus- sion groups for adult twins and parents of young twins (Drs Daniel Kuperman and Maria Livia Moretto) and twin participation in ongoing ...
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CLASSICAL TWIN STUDIES AND BEYOND
... disease), twin studies have shown that genetics contributes significantly to the variation that is seen at the population ...genes. Twin studies have been useful in assessing the extent to ...
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Twin Legacies: Victor and Vincent McKusick / Twin Studies: Twinning Rates I; Twinning Rates II; MZ Twin Discordance for Russell–Silver Syndrome; Twins’ Language Skills / Headlines: Babies Born to Identical Twin Couples; Identity Exchange; Death of Princess Ashraf (Twin); Yahoo CEO Delivers Identical Twins
... Medical genetics would seem like a natural area for the young doctor to pursue, but that specialty did not exist at the time. While working in cardiology, Dr McKusick came across patients with Marfan’s syndrome, leading ...
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Twin Research and the Arts: Interconnections / Twin Research: Twin Studies of Sexual Orientation; A Historical Biological Twin Gem; GWAS Approach to Who Has Twins / Newsworthy: Twins on College Campuses; ‘Brainprint’: Personal Identification by Brain Waves
... Sarah Lazlo and colleagues from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton have developed a system for individual identification, based on brain waves (SUNY Binghamton, 2016). The idea is that when people ...
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The Prenatal Environment in Twin Studies: A Review on Chorionicity
... Most studies found that MC pregnancy infers higher risk of mortality than DC pregnancies (see Supplementary Table), but effects are not always consistent ...smaller twin), lower birth weight after adjusting ...
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Establishing a Twin Register: An Invaluable Resource for (Behavior) Genetic, Epidemiological, Biomarker, and ‘Omics’ Studies
... forecast, twin registers can contribute to our understanding in virtually all areas related to hu- man health and ...of twin studies, including the ability to con- trol both genetic and shared ...
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Twin methodology in epigenetic studies
... century, twin studies have made a remarkable contribution to the genetics of human complex traits and ...analyses, twin modelling is expanding from analysis of diseases to molecular phenotypes in ...
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Neuroimaging Phenotypes: A Meta-Analytical Perspective on Twin Imaging Studies
... dozen twin studies of neuroimaging measures in healthy population- based ...many studies have had low power to statistically distinguish between genetic and shared envi- ronmental influences, with ...
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Twin Reunions: The Science Behind the Fascination/Twin Research Reports: Altitude and Hypoxia; Twin Pregnancy Outcomes; Space Mission/Media Highlights: Chinese Twins Reunited; Twin Loss Discovered; Hidden Twins; Twin Euthanasia; Twin Savior
... I met Samantha and her producer several times because they live in Los Angeles, in close proximity to my university. Samantha is a beautiful, lively, and talented young woman. She shares many behavioral attributes with ...
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Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Definition, Staging, and Ultrasound Assessment
... donor twin and the prediction of the location of the vascular anas- tomoses as well as of the location of the dividing membrane may also ...donor twin in most cases. For example, if the donor twin is ...
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STUDIES IN TWIN RESEMBLANCE
... facts which might indicate such a deranged condition. Almost 25 percent of the twins examined showed reversal of the whorl of the head-hair and i t may be that this [r] ...
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: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Assistant Professor, Evaluation Studies; Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development
... 2008 - present: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Associate Professor with tenure, Evaluation Studies; Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development.. 2002 – 2008: University of[r] ...
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The 16th International Twin Congress: Highlights from Madrid/Twin Research: Twin Study of Partner Aggression; ABO Incompatibility in Dizygotic Twins; Growth Discordance in a Monoamniotic Twin Pair; Quick Note on Twin Implantation/In the Media: Long-Lost Twins Found; NASA Twin Experiment; Twin Brothers and the Las Vegas Attack; Retired Twin Airline Pilots; Twin Film Clips
... identical twin brothers, Detective Casey Clarkson and Sargent Branden Clarkson, were caught up in the vicious attack on the October 1 country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada (Medina, ...His twin brother ...
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