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A comparison of twin birthweight data from Australia, the Netherlands, the United States, Japan, and South Korea: are genetic and environmental variations in birthweight similar in Caucasians and East Asians?
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Dec 2005
Hur Yoon-Mi, Luciano Michelle, Martin Nicholas G, Boomsma Dorret I, Iacono William G, McGue Matt, Shin Joong Sik, Jun Jong Kwan, Ooki Syuichi, van Beijsterveldt C E M, Han Jung Yeol
Abstract excerpt
Birthweight has implications for physical and mental health in later life. Using data from Caucasian twins collected in Australia, the Netherlands and the United States, and from East Asian twins collected in Japan and South Korea, we compared the total phenotypic, genetic and environmental variances of birthweight between Caucasians and East Asians. Model-fitting analyses yielded four major findings. First, for...
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