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Estimating Heritability from Twin Studies.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2017
Grasby Katrina L, Verweij Karin J H, Mosing Miriam A, Zietsch Brendan P, Medland Sarah E
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This chapter describes how the heritability of a trait can be estimated using data collected from pairs of twins. The principles of the classical twin design are described, followed by the assumptions, and some possible extensions of the design. In the second part of this chapter, two example scripts are presented and the basic steps for estimating heritability using the statistical program OpenMx are explained....
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