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Twin Studies

Are You an Animal Person? It Could Be in Your Genes

Hal Herzog | Posted 11.07.2012 | Science
Read More: Genes and Behavior, Pets, Behavior Genetics, Twin Studies, Animal People, Vet Person, Pet People, Animal Person, Science News
Hal Herzog

For the first time, a group of twin researchers has made a stab at untangling the roles of heredity and environment in our relationships with companion animals. The research team found that the identical twins pairs were more similar than the fraternal twins in whether they had played with pets.

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8 Surprising Facts To Put The Nature Vs. Nurture Debate To Rest

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dna, Matt Ridley, Eric Turkheimer, Nature vs Nurture, Epigenetics, Biology, Nature Versus Nurture, Science, Judith Rich Harris, Parenting, Twin Studies, Genes, Twins, Jr., Thomas J. Bouchard, Heritability, Parents, University of Minnsota, Healthy Living News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

I teamed up with the well-known developmental psychologist David S. Moore to list eight facts about genes, twin studies and the heritability statistic that may come as a surprise to many people, even biologists!

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