Heritability of Smoking Initiation and Nicotine Dependence

2005/06/27 by Jacqueline M. Vink, Gonneke Willemsen, Dorret I. Boomsma · 356 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · #Additive genetic effects #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Biology #Dimension (graph theory) #Gene #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Genetic correlation #Genetic variants #Genetic variation #Genetics #Genotype #Health psychology #Heritability #Mathematics #Medicine #Missing heritability problem #Nicotine #Nicotine dependence #Psychiatry #Psychology #Public health #Smoking Behavior and Cessation #Twin study

paper · open access · doi:10.1007/s10519-004-1327-8

published in Behavior Genetics 35(4), 397-406 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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