Abstract
The exceedingly close resemblance attributed to twins has been the subject of many novels and plays, and most persons have felt a desire to know upon what basis of truth those works of fiction may rest. But twins have many other claims to attention, one of which will be discussed in the present memoir. It is, that their history affords means of distinguishing between the effects of tendencies received at birth, and of these that were imposed by the circumstances of their after lives; in other words, between the effects of nature and of nurture. (Galton, 1875, p. 4661)
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Bouchard, T.J. (1984). Twins Reared Together and Apart: What They Tell Us About Human Diversity. In: Fox, S.W. (eds) Individuality and Determinism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9379-9_7
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