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Theoretical Models in Twin Research*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

L. Gedda  and
G. Brenci
L. Gedda
Affiliation:
Istituto di Genetica Medica e Gemellologia «G. Mendel», Roma (Italia)
G. Brenci
Affiliation:
Istituto di Genetica Medica e Gemellologia «G. Mendel», Roma (Italia)

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The Authors show twin study to allow the determination of gene frequency and penetrance in the general population, by means of the analysis of distribution of phenotypic combinations in the twin pairs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1966 , pp. 219 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1966

Footnotes

*

Paper submitted to the Third International Congress of Human Genetics, Chicago (September 5-10th, 1966).

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