Twin Family Registries Worldwide: An Important Resource for Scientific Research

Hur, Yoon-MiDepartment of Education, Mokpo National University, Jeonnam, South Korea (author)

Twin Family Registries Worldwide : An Important Resource for Scientific Research

Much progress has been made in twin research since our last special issue on twin registries (Hur, Y.-M., & Craig, J. M. (2013). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16, 1-12.). This special issue provides an update on the state of twin family registries around the world. This issue includes 61 papers on twin family registries from 25 countries, of which 3 describe consortia based on collaborations of several twin family registries. The articles included in this issue discuss the establishment and maintenance of twin registries, recruitment strategies, methods of zygosity assessment, research aims and major findings from twin family cohorts, as well as other important topics related to twin studies. The papers amount to approximately 1.3 million monozygotic, dizygotic twins and higher order multiples and their family members who participate in twin studies around the world. Nine new twin family registries have been established across the world since our last issue, which demonstrates that twin registers are increasingly important in studies of the determinants and correlates of complex traits from disease susceptibility to healthy development.

Bogl, Leonie H.Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (author)
Ordoñana, Juan R.Department of Human Anatomy and Psychobiology and Murcia Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIB-ARRIXACA), University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain (author)
Taylor, JeanetteDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA (author)
Hart, Sara A.Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA (author)
Tuvblad, Catherine,1968-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete(Swepub:oru)ctd (author)
Ystrom, EivindPROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway (author)
Dalgård, ChristineDepartment of Public Health, Environmental Medicine, and Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (author)
Skytthe, AxelDepartment of Public Health, and Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (author)
Willemsen, GonnekeDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (author)
Department of Education, Mokpo National University, Jeonnam, South KoreaDepartment of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (creator_code:org_t)

In:Twin Research and Human Genetics: Cambridge University Press22:6, s. 427-4371832-42741839-2628

By the author/editor: Hur, Yoon-Mi; Bogl, Leonie H.; Ordoñana, Juan R ...; Taylor, Jeanette; Hart, Sara A.; Tuvblad, Catheri ...; show more...; Ystrom, Eivind; Dalgård, Christi ...; Skytthe, Axel; Willemsen, Gonne ...; show less...

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