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Equal Environments Assumption

The "Equal Environments Assumption" is a foundational premise in behavioral genetics that asserts equivalent environmental influences on monozygotic and dizygotic twins raised in the same family, thereby permitting valid inferences about genetic contributions to phenotypic variation based on differential twin similarity.

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A test of the equal-environment assumption in twin studies of psychiatric illness

Kenneth S. Kendler, Michael C. Neale, Ronald C. Kessler et al. · Behavior Genetics · 1993 · 407 citations · Full text

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A biometrical analysis of perceptions of family environment: a study of twin and singleton sibling kinships.

David Rowe · PubMed · 1983 · 256 citations

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What can we learn from twin studies? A comprehensive evaluation of the equal environments assumption

Jacob Felson · Social Science Research · 2013 · 177 citations

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Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs

Peter Hatemi, John R. Hibbing, Sarah E. Medland et al. · American Journal of Political Science · 2010 · 167 citations · Full text

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Physical similarity and the equal-environment assumption in twin studies of psychiatric disorders

John M. Hettema, Michael C. Neale, Kenneth S. Kendler · Behavior Genetics · 1995 · 150 citations

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Authors

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  1. KS
    Kenneth S. Kendler

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. MC
    Michael C. Neale

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    5 publications · 733 citations

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  3. CM
    Cynthia M. Bulik

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    4 publications · 251 citations

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  4. LJ
    Lindon J. Eaves

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    3 publications · 609 citations

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  5. AC
    Andrew C. Heath

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    3 publications · 594 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    1K citations

  2. Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

    Richmond, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    320 citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    117 citations

  6. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    252 citations

  7. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    390 citations

  8. Flinders University

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    141 citations

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  1. Behavior Genetics

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Psychological Medicine

    6 publications · 488 citations

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  3. Twin Research and Human Genetics

    5 publications · 290 citations

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  4. Twin Research

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  5. Archives of General Psychiatry

    2 publications · 237 citations

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