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Twin studies

Birth weight discordance, gene expression, and DNA methylation: A scoping review of epigenetic twin studies

Dany Laure Wadji, Zsofia Nemoda, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Linda Booij, Chantal Wicky

published 19 Nov 2025

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Still spurious: A comment on attempts to revive cognitive ability tilts

Kimmo Sorjonen, Bo Melin, Gustav Nilsonne

published 24 Oct 2025

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Adolescent anxiety and pain problems: A joint, genome-wide investigation and pathway-based analysis

Sara Mascheretti, Diego Forni, Valentina Lampis, Luca Fumagalli, Stéphane Paquin, Till F. M. Andlauer, Wei Wang, Ginette Dionne, Mara R. Brendgen, Frank Vitaro, Isabelle Ouellet-Morin, Guy Rouleau, Jean-Philippe Gouin, Sylvana Côté, Richard E. Tremblay, Gustavo Turecki, Gabrielle Garon-Carrier, Michel Boivin, Marco Battaglia

published 05 May 2023

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On the etiology of internalizing and externalizing problem behavior: A twin-family study

Amelie Nikstat, Rainer Riemann

published 23 Mar 2020

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Heritability of the morphology of optic nerve head and surrounding structures: The Healthy Twin Study

Jong Chul Han, Hyeonyoung Ko, Seung Hoon Kim, Taekkwan Rhee, Seung Wan Nam, Sungsoon Hwang, Ga-In Lee, Joohon Sung, Yun-Mi Song, Changwon Kee

published 16 Nov 2017

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Heritability of hoarding symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood: A longitudinal twin study

Volen Z. Ivanov, Ashley Nordsletten, David Mataix-Cols, Eva Serlachius, Paul Lichtenstein, Sebastian Lundström, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Christian Rück

published 28 Jun 2017

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The Role of Nature and Nurture for Individual Differences in Primary Emotional Systems: Evidence from a Twin Study

Christian Montag, Elisabeth Hahn, Martin Reuter, Frank M. Spinath, Ken Davis, Jaak Panksepp

published 21 Mar 2016

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Relation of Childhood Home Environment to Cortical Thickness in Late Adolescence: Specificity of Experience and Timing

Brian B. Avants, Daniel A. Hackman, Laura M. Betancourt, Gwendolyn M. Lawson, Hallam Hurt, Martha J. Farah

published 28 Oct 2015

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Determination of Zygosity in Adult Chinese Twins Using the 450K Methylation Array versus Questionnaire Data

Biqi Wang, Wenjing Gao, Canqing Yu, Weihua Cao, Jun Lv, Shengfeng Wang, Zengchang Pang, Liming Cong, Hua Wang, Xianping Wu, Liming Li

published 30 Apr 2015

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Longitudinal Stability in Reading Comprehension Is Largely Heritable from Grades 1 to 6

Brooke Soden, Micaela E. Christopher, Jacqueline Hulslander, Richard K. Olson, Laurie Cutting, Janice M. Keenan, Lee A. Thompson, Sally J. Wadsworth, Erik G. Willcutt, Stephen A. Petrill

published 20 Jan 2015

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A Behavioral Genetic Study of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Dimensions of Narcissism

Yu L. L. Luo, Huajian Cai, Hairong Song

published 02 Apr 2014

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The Contribution of Diet and Genotype to Iron Status in Women: A Classical Twin Study

Susan J. Fairweather-Tait, Geoffrey R. Guile, Ana M. Valdes, Anna A. Wawer, Rachel Hurst, Jane Skinner, Alexander J. Macgregor

published 31 Dec 2013

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Genetic, Maternal and Placental Factors in the Association between Birth Weight and Physical Fitness: A Longitudinal Twin Study

Robbert N. H. Touwslager, Marij Gielen, Frans E. S. Tan, Antonius L. M. Mulder, Willem J. M. Gerver, Luc J. Zimmermann, Alfons J. H. M. Houben, Maurice P. Zeegers, Catherine Derom, Robert Vlietinck, Hermine H. Maes, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Martine Thomis

published 23 Oct 2013

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