
Twin Research for Everyone
From Biology to Health, Epigenetics, and Psychology
Description
Key Features
- Offers unique insights into twinning rates, mechanisms and factors surrounding twinship
- Provides clear instruction on both basic and advanced twin research methods and study design
- Features leading international experts in twin biology, genetics, health and psychology
- Examines findings from recent twin studies across a broad array of health and behavioral studies
Readership
Table of Contents
Introduction
Jennifer Harris, Nancy Segal, Adam Domonkos Tarnoki, and David Laszlo Tarnoki
Section 1. Background
1. History of Twin Studies
John Loehlin
2. Prevalence of Twinning Worldwide
András Pári
3. Twin Registries Worldwide
Yoon-Mi Hur, Veronika V. Odintsova, Juan R. Ordonana, Karri Silventoinen and Gonneke Willemsen
Section 2. Phenomenon of Twinning
4. Biology of Natural Twinning
GARY David STEINMAN
5. Management and Outcome of Twin Pregnancies
Gian Carlo Di Renzo
6. Conjoined Twins
Peter Varjassy and Julia Metneki
Section 3. Twin Families
7. Growing up as Twins: The Perspective of Twin Researchers
Adam Domonkos Tarnoki, David Laszlo Tarnoki, Julia Metneki, Dora Melicher and Nancy Segal
8. Parenting of Twins
Monica Rankin
9. Reared Apart Twins: Background, Research, Case Studies and What They Reveal About Human Development
Nancy Segal and Francisca J. Niculae
10. Opposite Sex Twins in Medical Research
Lucas Calais Ferreira, Susan (Sue) Malta and John Hopper
Section 4. Twin Methodologies
11. Establishing a resource for genetic, epidemiological and biomarker studies: the important role of twin registers
Dorret Irene Boomsma, Gonneke Willemsen and Veronika V. Odintsova
12. Twin Methodologies: Concept of Twin Studies
Michael C. Neale
13. Twin Studies of Complex Traits and Diseases
Christopher R. Beam, Alice Kim, and Tinca Polderman
14. Use of Twin Studies to Make Inference About Causation by Examining Familial Confounding
John Hopper, Shuai Li and Minh Bui
15. Time to Event Analyses and Censoring
Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg
16. Twin Research in Clinical Trials
Athula Sumathipala
Section 5. Behavior
17. Twin Studies in Social Sciences
Elena Cristina Mitrea and Levente Littvay
18. Childhood Development of Psychiatric Disorders
Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson and Isabell Brikell
19. Well-being
Meike Bartels, Margot Petra van de Weijer and Lianne P. de Vries
20. Personality
Juko Ando
21. Twin Research in Psychopathology
Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla, Matthew R. Jamnik, Riley L. Marshall, Emily C. Pali and David DiLalla
22. Cognitive Aging
Deborah Finkel, Nancy Pedersen and Chandra A. Reynolds
23. Twin studies of Smoking and Tobacco Use
Jaakko Kaprio
Section 6. Health
24. Anthropometric Twin Studies
Karri Silventoinen
25. Cardiorespiratory twin studies. Ambulatory monitoring of cardiovascular activity. Imaging of twins
Adam Domonkos Tarnoki, David Laszlo Tarnoki and Gonneke Willemsen
26. Pediatric Twin Studies
Catarina Almqvist and Paul Lichtenstein
27. Twin-Singleton Differences
Kaare Christensen and Matt McGue
28. Twin Studies of Puberty
Holly T. Pham, Adriene M. Beltz, Robin Corley and Sheri A. Berenbaum
29. Muscoloskeletal Twin Studies
Paulo Ferreira and Munkh-Erdene Bayartai
30. Cancer and Twin Research
Wendy Cozen, Esther Lam, Maryam Salehi, Victoria K. Cortessis, Tuong L. Nguyen, James Dowty, John L. Hopper, Shuai Li, and Thomas M. Mack
31. Epigenetic Studies of Neurodevelopment in Twins
Jeffrey Mark Craig, Namitha Mohandas, Yuk Jing Loke, Jennifer Eleanor Snowball, Yen Ting Wong and Garth Stephenson
32. Dementia
Matthew Sebastian Panizzan
Section 7. Twin Research: Genetics, Epigenetics, Microbiome, and Environmental Adaptation
33. Twins and Omics
Dorret Irene Boomsma, Fiona Alysa Hagenbeek, Jenny van Dongen and Rene Pool
34. Epigenetics
Miina Ollikainen, Aino Heikkinen and Sara Lundgren
35. Telomeres
Jennifer Harris and Abraham Aviv
36. Environmental Differences in Twins and Developmental Disorders
Garth Stephenson and Jeffrey Mark Craig
37. Microbiome
Hanga Park, Joohon Sung, Soo Ji Lee
38. Monogenetic/Monochromosomal Disorders
Iren Haltrich and Anna Lengyel
Section 8. Conclusion
Summary
Adam Domonkos Tarnoki, David Laszlo Tarnoki, Jennifer Harris, and Nancy Segal
Appendix: Resources, Websites, Twin Organizations, and Further Reading
Adam Domonkos Tarnoki, David Laszlo Tarnoki, Jennifer Harris, and Nancy Segal
Product details
- No. of pages: 424
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2022
- Published: August 19, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128215142