 Twins
"Twins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother. Twins are either monozygotic (TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (TWINS, DIZYGOTIC).
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D014427
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Twins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Twins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2004 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2020 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2021 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Maes HHM, Lapato DM, Schmitt JE, Luciana M, Banich MT, Bjork JM, Hewitt JK, Madden PA, Heath AC, Barch DM, Thompson WK, Iacono WG, Neale MC. Genetic and Environmental Variation in Continuous Phenotypes in the ABCD Study?. Behav Genet. 2023 02; 53(1):1-24.
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Arnett AB, McGrath LM, Flaherty BP, Pennington BF, Willcutt EG. Heritability and Clinical Characteristics of Neuropsychological Profiles in Youth With and Without Elevated ADHD Symptoms. J Atten Disord. 2022 09; 26(11):1422-1436.
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Gustavson DE, Reynolds CA, Corley RP, Wadsworth SJ, Hewitt JK, Friedman NP. Genetic associations between executive functions and intelligence: A combined twin and adoption study. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2022 Aug; 151(8):1745-1761.
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Ross JM, Ellingson JM, Frieser MJ, Corley RC, Hopfer CJ, Stallings MC, Wadsworth SJ, Reynolds CA, Hewitt JK. The effects of cannabis use on physical health: A co-twin control study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 01 01; 230:109200.
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Gustavson DE, Friedman NP, Stallings MC, Reynolds CA, Coon H, Corley RP, Hewitt JK, Gordon RL. Musical instrument engagement in adolescence predicts verbal ability 4 years later: A twin and adoption study. Dev Psychol. 2021 Nov; 57(11):1943-1957.
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Eglit GML, Elman JA, Panizzon MS, Sanderson-Cimino M, Williams ME, Dale AM, Eyler LT, Fennema-Notestine C, Gillespie NA, Gustavson DE, Hatton SN, Hagler DJ, Hauger RL, Jak AJ, Logue MW, McEvoy LK, McKenzie RE, Neale MC, Puckett O, Reynolds CA, Toomey R, Tu XM, Whitsel N, Xian H, Lyons MJ, Franz CE, Kremen WS. Paradoxical cognitive trajectories in men from earlier to later adulthood. Neurobiol Aging. 2022 01; 109:229-238.
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Loehlin JC, Corley RP, Reynolds CA, Wadsworth SJ. Heritability??SES Interaction for IQ: Is it Present in US Adoption Studies? Behav Genet. 2022 01; 52(1):48-55.
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Freis SM, Morrison CL, Lessem JM, Hewitt JK, Friedman NP. Genetic and environmental influences on executive functions and intelligence in middle childhood. Dev Sci. 2022 01; 25(1):e13150.
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Friedman NP, Banich MT, Keller MC. Twin studies to GWAS: there and back again. Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 10; 25(10):855-869.
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DiLalla LF, Pham HT, Corley RP, Wadsworth S, Berenbaum SA. Family Experiences and Parent Personality as Antecedents of Pubertal Timing in Girls and Boys. J Youth Adolesc. 2021 May; 50(5):1017-1033.
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