BIOMETRICAL GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE COTWIN CONTROL DESIGN

Authors
DUFFY DL
Citation
Dl. Duffy, BIOMETRICAL GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE COTWIN CONTROL DESIGN, Behavior genetics, 24(4), 1994, pp. 341-344
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Behavioral Sciences","Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Behavior genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00018244
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
341 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8244(1994)24:4<341:BGOTCC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The twin-cotwin matched case-control design can be interpreted in term s of bivariate genetic factor models. I derive expressions for the exp ected intrapair difference for a trait correlated with the variable on which discordance was selected.