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Using adopted individuals to partition indirect maternal genetic effects into prenatal and postnatal effects on offspring phenotypes.
eLife - 13 Jul 2022
Hwang Liang-Dar, Moen Gunn-Helen, Evans David M
Abstract excerpt
Maternal genetic effects can be defined as the effect of a mother's genotype on the phenotype of her offspring, independent of the offspring's genotype. Maternal genetic effects can act via the intrauterine environment during pregnancy and/or via the postnatal environment. In this manuscript, we present a simple extension to the basic adoption design that uses structural equation modelling (SEM) to partition...
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