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Twins and virtual twins: bases of relative body weight revisited by Segal, N.L, Allison, D.B

“…OBJECTIVE: Application of a new investigative strategy to assess genetic and environmental influences on relative body weight. DESIGN: Covariance structure…”
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Genetic and environmental contributions to body mass index: comparative analysis of monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins and same-age unrelated siblings by Segal, N.L, Feng, R, McGuire, S.A, Allison, D.B, Miller, S

“…Background: Earlier studies have established that a substantial percentage of variance in obesity-related phenotypes is explained by genetic components…”
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Immunologic and imaging signatures in post tuberculosis lung disease by Singh, S., Allwood, B.W., Chiyaka, T.L., Kleyhans, L., Naidoo, C.C., Moodley, S., Theron, G., Segal, L.N.

“…Post Tuberculosis Lung Disease (PTLD) affects millions of tuberculosis survivors and is a global health burden. The immune mechanisms that drive PTLD are…”
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Attempted suicide among living co-twins of twin suicide victims by Roy, A, Segal, N L, Sarchiapone, M

“…The authors hypothesized that significantly more living monozygotic than dizygotic co-twins of twin suicide victims would themselves have attempted suicide…”
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Sources of Human Psychological Differences: The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart by Bouchard, Thomas J., Lykken, David T., McGue, Matthew, Segal, Nancy L., Tellegen, Auke

“…Since 1979, a continuing study of monozygotic and dizygotic twins, separated in infancy and reared apart, has subjected more than 100 sets of reared-apart…”
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Zygosity testing should be encouraged for all same-sex twins: FOR: A genetic test is essential to determine zygosity by Craig, J M, Segal, N L, Umstad, M P, Cutler, T L, Keogh, L A, Hopper, J L, Rankin, M, Denton, J, Derom, Catherine A, Sumathipala, A, Harris, J R

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Personality Similarity in Twins Reared Apart and Together by Tellegen, Auke, Lykken, David T, Bouchard, Thomas J, Wilcox, Kimerly J, Segal, Nancy L, Rich, Stephen

“…We administered the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) to 217 monozygotic and 114 dizygotic reared-together adult twin pairs and 44 monozygotic…”
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Periodontal findings in adult twins by Michalowicz, B S, Aeppli, D, Virag, J G, Klump, D G, Hinrichs, J E, Segal, N L, Bouchard, Jr, T J, Pihlstrom, B L

“…Gingivitis and periodontitis are among the most common diseases known to man. Although bacterial plaque is generally accepted as the primary etiologic agent,…”
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Decrease in grief intensity for deceased twin and non-twin relatives: an evolutionary perspective by Segal, Nancy L., Ream, Sarah L.

“…Based on evolutionary reasoning it was hypothesized that: 1. (1) dizygotic (DZ) twins would show greater reduction in grief intensity than monozygotic (MZ)…”
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Atopic disease and immunoglobulin E in twins reared apart and together by HANSON, B, MCGUE, M, ROITMAN-JOHNSON, B, SEGAL, N. L, BOUCHARD, T. J, BLUMENTHAL, M. N

“…Both genetic and environmental influences have been implicated in the etiology of atopic disease and in the determination of serum IgE levels. To quantify the…”
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Suicidal behavior in twins: a replication by Roy, Alec, Segal, Nancy L

“…Objective: Our two previous reports showed that monozygotic (MZ) twins were significantly more concordant for both completed suicide and attempted suicide than…”
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Work Values: Genetic and Environmental Influences by Keller, Lauren M, Bouchard, Thomas J, Arvey, Richard D, Segal, Nancy L, Dawis, René V

“…The Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ), measuring work values, was administered to 23 monozygotic and 20 dizygotic reared-apart twin pairs to test the…”
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Document the method of twin classification. Twins with pulmonary adenocarcinoma by Segal, N L

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Multitask Analysis of Cerebral Hemisphere Specialization in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Handedness by Kee, Daniel W, Cherry, Barbara J, Neale, Paula L, McBride, Dawn M, Segal, Nancy L

“…This study constitutes a multitask appraisal of cerebral hemisphere specialization with 13 monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant for handedness. Tasks…”
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Twin analysis of odor identification and perception by Segal, Nancy L., Topolski, Tari D., Wilson, Steven M., Brown, Kathleen W., Araki, Linda

“…Findings from the first twin analysis using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) and a phenyl ethyl alcohol (PEA) threshold…”
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A twin study of genetic variation in proportional radiographic alveolar bone height by Michalowicz, B S, Aeppli, D P, Kuba, R K, Bereuter, J E, Conry, J P, Segal, N L, Bouchard, Jr, T J, Pihlstrom, B L

“…The purpose of this study was to estimate the genetic variance for alveolar bone height by means of the classic twin method and the study of monozygous twins…”
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Grief Intensity Following the Loss of a Twin and Other Relatives: Test of Kinship Genetic Hypotheses by SEGAL, NANCY L., BOUCHARD, THOMAS J.

“…Following Darwin, we summarize evidence that grief may be an evolved adaptive mechanism with complex physiological and psychological correlates. Given this…”
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Evidence for the construct validity and heritability of the Wilson–Patterson conservatism scale: a reared-apart twins study of social attitudes by Bouchard, Thomas J, Segal, Nancy L, Tellegen, Auke, McGue, Matt, Keyes, Margaret, Krueger, Robert

“…A 28 item version of the Wilson–Patterson Attitude Inventory was administered to 345 participants (twins, spouses, friends, and others) in the Minnesota Study…”
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Twin children with unfamiliar partners: genotypic and gender influences on cooperation by Segal, N L, Connelly, S L, Topoloski, T D

“…This study applied a social-genetic perspective to examine hypotheses concerning displays of cooperation. The sample included children from 14 monozygotic and…”
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Origins and implications of handedness and relative birth weight for IQ in monozygotic twin pairs by Segal, N L

“…The implications of left-handedness for intellectual functioning in monozygotic (MZ) twinships remain unresolved. Two proposed explanations of hand-discordance…”
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