Article
Estimation of individual genetic and environmental profiles in longitudinal designs.
Behavior genetics - 1 May 1991
Boomsma D I, Molenaar P C, Dolan C V
Abstract excerpt
Parameter estimates obtained in the genetic analysis of longitudinal data can be used to construct individual genetic and environmental profiles across time. Such individual profiles enable the attribution of individual phenotypic change to changes in the underlying genetic or environmental processes and may lead to practical applications in genetic counseling and epidemiology. Simulations show that individual...
Topics
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Social Environment
- Twins, Dizygotic
- Twins, Monozygotic
