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Notes on Three Decades of Methodology Workshops by Maes, Hermine H.

“…Since 1987, a group of behavior geneticists have been teaching an annual methodology workshop on how to use state-of-the-art methods to analyze genetically…”
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A Bivariate Twin Study of Lifetime cannabis Initiation and Lifetime Regular Tobacco Smoking Across Three Different Countries by Zellers, Stephanie, van Dongen, Jenny, Maes, Hermine H.M., Ollikainen, Miina, Fang, Fang, Vrieze, Scott, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boomsma, Dorret I.

“…Regular cigarette smoking and cannabis consumption are strongly positively related to each other, yet few studies explore their underlying variation and…”
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Genetic and Environmental Variation in Continuous Phenotypes in the ABCD Study by Maes, Hermine H. M., Lapato, Dana M., Schmitt, J. Eric, Luciana, Monica, Banich, Marie T., Bjork, James M., Hewitt, John K., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Barch, Deanna M., Thompson, Wes K., Iacono, William G., Neale, Michael C.

“…Twin studies yield valuable insights into the sources of variation, covariation and causation in human traits. The ABCD Study® (abcdstudy.org) was designed to…”
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OpenMx 2.0: Extended Structural Equation and Statistical Modeling by Neale, Michael C., Hunter, Michael D., Pritikin, Joshua N., Zahery, Mahsa, Brick, Timothy R., Kirkpatrick, Robert M., Estabrook, Ryne, Bates, Timothy C., Maes, Hermine H., Boker, Steven M.

“…The new software package OpenMx 2.0 for structural equation and other statistical modeling is introduced and its features are described. OpenMx is evolving in…”
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Nicholas (Nick) G. Martin and the Extended Twin Model by Maes, Hermine H.

“…The extended twin model is a unique design in the genetic epidemiology toolbox that allows to simultaneously estimate multiple causes of variation such as…”
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Cohort Effects on Tobacco Consumption and its Genetic and Environmental Variance Among Finnish Adults born between 1880-1957 by Zellers, Stephanie, Maes, Hermine H M, Latvala, Antti, Kaprio, Jaakko

“…Population research indicates that smoking behaviors in Finland have varied over time by sex and birth cohort. Smoking behaviors are influenced by genes and…”
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Genetic and Family and Community Environmental Effects on Drug Abuse in Adolescence: A Swedish National Twin and Sibling Study by Kendler, Kenneth S., Maes, Hermine H., Sundquist, Kristina, Ohlsson, Henrik, Sundquist, Jan

“…ObjectiveUsing Swedish nationwide registry data, the authors investigated genetic and environmental risk factors in the etiology of drug abuse by twin sibling…”
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Childhood socioeconomic status and longitudinal patterns of alcohol problems: Variation across etiological pathways in genetic risk by Barr, Peter B., Silberg, Judy, Dick, Danielle M., Maes, Hermine H.

“…Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is an important aspect of early life environment associated with later life health/health behaviors, including alcohol…”
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Genetic and environmental influences on the transmission of parental depression to children's depression and conduct disturbance: an extended Children of Twins study by Silberg, Judy L., Maes, Hermine, Eaves, Lindon J.

“…Background:  Despite the increased risk of depression and conduct problems in children of depressed parents, the mechanism by which parental depression affects…”
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Mental health and music engagement: review, framework, and guidelines for future studies by Gustavson, Daniel E., Coleman, Peyton L., Iversen, John R., Maes, Hermine H., Gordon, Reyna L., Lense, Miriam D.

“…Is engaging with music good for your mental health? This question has long been the topic of empirical clinical and nonclinical investigations, with studies…”
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Racial differences in heritability of cigarette smoking in adolescents and young adults by Bares, Cristina B, Kendler, Kenneth S, Maes, Hermine H.M

“…Highlights • Genetically informative study of racial differences in cigarette use heritability. • Similar influence of genes and environment on cigarette use…”
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Heritability of Childhood Music Engagement and Associations with Language and Executive Function: Insights from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study by Gustavson, Daniel E., Nayak, Srishti, Coleman, Peyton L., Iversen, John R., Lense, Miriam D., Gordon, Reyna L., Maes, Hermine H.

“…Music engagement is a powerful, influential experience that often begins early in life. Music engagement is moderately heritable in adults (~ 41–69%), but…”
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Genetic and Cultural Transmission of Alcohol Use Disorder in Swedish Twin Pedigrees by Maes, Hermine H, Neale, Michael C, Ohlsson, Henrik, Sundquist, Jan, Sundquist, Kristina, Kendler, Kenneth S

“…Using Swedish nationwide registry data, we investigated the contribution of genetic and environmental risk factors to the etiology of alcohol use disorder…”
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GW-SEM: A Statistical Package to Conduct Genome-Wide Structural Equation Modeling by Verhulst, Brad, Maes, Hermine H., Neale, Michael C.

“…Improving the accuracy of phenotyping through the use of advanced psychometric tools will increase the power to find significant associations with genetic…”
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Recent advances in the genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics of substance use disorders by Kendler, Kenneth S, Chen, Xiangning, Dick, Danielle, Maes, Hermine, Gillespie, Nathan, Neale, Michael C, Riley, Brien

“…This is a review of current advances in the genetics of substance use disorders (SUDs), discussing how both genetic and environmental sources of risk are…”
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Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium by Polimanti, Renato, Walters, Raymond K., Johnson, Emma C., McClintick, Jeanette N., Adkins, Amy E., Adkins, Daniel E., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bierut, Laura J., Bigdeli, Tim B., Brown, Sandra, Bucholz, Kathleen K., Copeland, William E., Costello, E. Jane, Degenhardt, Louisa, Farrer, Lindsay A, Foroud, Tatiana M., Fox, Louis, Goate, Alison M., Grucza, Richard, Hack, Laura M., Hancock, Dana B., Hartz, Sarah M., Heath, Andrew C., Hewitt, John K., Hopfer, Christian J., Johnson, Eric O., Kendler, Kenneth S., Kranzler, Henry R., Krauter, Kenneth, Lai, Dongbing, Madden, Pamela A. F., Martin, Nicholas G., Maes, Hermine H., Nelson, Elliot C., Peterson, Roseann E., Porjesz, Bernice, Riley, Brien P., Saccone, Nancy, Stallings, Michael, Wall, Tamara L., Webb, Bradley T., Wetherill, Leah, Edenberg, Howard J., Agrawal, Arpana, Gelernter, Joel

“…To provide insights into the biology of opioid dependence (OD) and opioid use (i.e., exposure, OE), we completed a genome-wide analysis comparing 4503 OD…”
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Determining the stability of genome-wide factors in BMI between ages 40 to 69 years by Gillespie, Nathan A, Gentry, Amanda Elswick, Kirkpatrick, Robert M, Reynolds, Chandra A, Mathur, Ravi, Kendler, Kenneth S, Maes, Hermine H, Webb, Bradley T, Peterson, Roseann E

“…Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified common variants associated with BMI. However, the stability of aggregate genetic variation…”
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Common Liabilities in Internalizing Symptoms and Cigarette Use in Adolescence by Bares, Cristina B, Silberg, Judy, Kendler, Kenneth S, Maes, Hermine H

“…Substance use and mood disorders account for about 10% of the global burden of disease and, among adolescents, are a significant source of disability. The…”
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Reconsidering the Heritability of Intelligence in Adulthood: Taking Assortative Mating and Cultural Transmission into Account by Vinkhuyzen, Anna A.E., van der Sluis, Sophie, Maes, Hermine H. M., Posthuma, Danielle

“…Heritability estimates of general intelligence in adulthood generally range from 75 to 85%, with all heritability due to additive genetic influences, while…”
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Using Multimodel Inference/Model Averaging to Model Causes of Covariation Between Variables in Twins by Maes, Hermine H., Neale, Michael C., Kirkpatrick, Robert M., Kendler, Kenneth S.

“…Objective: To explore and apply multimodel inference to test the relative contributions of latent genetic, environmental and direct causal factors to the…”
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