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Analyzing twin resemblance in multisymptom data: genetic applications of a latent class model for symptoms of conduct disorder in juvenile boys.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 1993
Eaves L J, Silberg J L, Hewitt J K, Rutter M, Meyer J M, Neale M C, Pickles A
Abstract excerpt
A model based on the latent class model is developed for the effects of genes and environment on multivariate categorical data in twins. The model captures many essential features of dimensional and categorical conceptions of complex behavioral phenotypes and can include, as special cases, a variety of major locus models including those that allow for etiological heterogeneity, differential sensitivity of latent...
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