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      Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts 

      Bogl, Leonie H; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Ahrenfeldt, Linda; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Stazi, Maria A.; Fagnani, Corrado; D’Ippolito, Cristina; Hur, Yoon-Mi; Jeong, Hoe-Uk; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J.; Maes, Hermine H.; Bayasgalan, Gombojav; Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol; Cutler, Tessa L.; Kandler, Christian; Jang, Kerry L.; Christensen, Kaare; Skytthe, Axel; Kyvik, Kirsten O.; Cozen, Wendy; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; McAdams, Tom A.; Eley, Thalia C.; Gregory, Alice M.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C. E. M.; Pang, Zengchang; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Hjelmborg, Jacob v. B.; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde ORCID; Swan, Gary E.; Krasnow, Ruth; Busjahn, Andreas; Lichtenstein, Paul; Öncel, Sevgi Y.; Aliev, Fazil; Baker, Laura A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucia; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Hopper, John L.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Silventoinen, Karri; Kaprio, Jaakko (Biomed Central, 2017-04-27)
      Background: The comparison of traits in twins from opposite-sex (OS) and same-sex (SS) dizygotic twin pairs is considered a proxy measure of prenatal hormone exposure. To examine possible prenatal hormonal influences on ...
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      Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts 

      Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic Moreno, Aline; Sund, Reijo; Latvala, Antti; Honda, Chika; Inui, Fujio; Tomizawa, Rie; Watanabe, Mikio; Sakai, Norio; Rebato Ochoa, Esther Matilde ORCID; Busjahn, Andreas; Tyler, Jessica; Hopper, John L.; Ordoñana Martín, Juan Ramón; Sánchez Romera, Juan Francisco; Colodro Conde, Lucía; Calais Ferreira, Lucas; Oliveira, Vinicius C.; Ferreira, Pablo H.; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Derom, Catherine A.; Vlietinck, Robert F.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Siribaddana, Sisira H.; Hotopf, Matthew; Sumathipala, Athula; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Duncan, Glen E.; Buchwald, Dedra; Tynelius, Per; Rasmussen, Finn; Tan, Qihua; Zhang, Dongfeng; Pang, Zengchang; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Dahl Aslan, Anna K.; Hwang, Amie E.; Mack, Thomas M.; Krueger, Robert F.; McGue, Matt; Pahlen, Shandell; Brandt, Ingunn; Nilsen, Thomas S.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Medland, Sarah E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Franz, Carol E.; Kremen, William S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Silberg, Judy L.; Maes, Hermine H.; Kandler, Christian; Nelson, Tracy L.; Whitfield, Keith E.; Corley, Robin P.; Huibregtse, Brooke M.; Gatz, Margaret; Butler, David A.; Tarnoki, Adam D.; Tarnoki, David L.; Park, Hang A.; Lee, Jooyeon; Lee, Soo Ji; Sung, Joohon; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Kaprio, Jaakko (Nature, 2020-07-29)
      We investigated the heritability of educational attainment and how it differed between birth cohorts and cultural-geographic regions. A classical twin design was applied to pooled data from 28 cohorts representing 16 ...