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Twin research has over the last 70 years played an important role in psychiatric genetics, mainly by demonstrating the existence of a genetic factor through observations of higher concordance for monozygotic than for dizygotic twins. In the recent era of molecular genetics, twin research may appear outdated, as an almost historical approach. Twin research, however, is still contributing important information to research on the molecular level, too.
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Bertelsen, A. (1992). Twin Research. In: Mendlewicz, J., Hippius, H., Bondy, B., Ackenheil, M., Sandler, M. (eds) Genetic Research in Psychiatry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46762-2_19
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