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What Explains the Heritability of Completed Fertility? Evidence from Two Large Twin Studies.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 2017

Briley Daniel A, Tropf Felix C, Mills Melinda C

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In modern societies, individual differences in completed fertility are linked with genotypic differences between individuals. Explaining the heritability of completed fertility has been inconclusive, with alternative explanations centering on family formation timing, pursuit of education, or other psychological traits. We use the twin subsample from the Midlife Development in the United States study and the...

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PMID: 27522223
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-016-9805-3

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