Testing for the presence of genetic variance in factors of face measurements of Belgian twins.

doi:10.1080/03014468500007991

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Testing for the presence of genetic variance in factors of face measurements of Belgian twins.

Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000

Hauspie R C, Susanne C, Defrise-Gussenhoven E

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Factor analysis with VARIMAX rotation was used to analyse 15 face measurements in Belgian same-sexed twins, aged 18-25 years: 39 dizygotic and 57 monozygotic male pairs and 42 dizygotic and 67 monozygotic female paris. According to Christian's model, we used the ratio of the within-mean squares o...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Belgium
Cephalometry
Face
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Male
Statistics as Topic
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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