The Netherlands Twin Register: Longitudinal Research Based on Twin and Twin-Family Designs

Extending Causality Tests with Genetic Instruments: An Integration of Mendelian Randomization with the Classical Twin Design

(2018) Camelia C. Minică et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Genetic Influences on the Development of Cerebral Cortical Thickness During Childhood and Adolescence in a Dutch Longitudinal Twin Sample: The Brainscale Study

(2018) Jalmar Teeuw et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Childhood aggression and the co-occurrence of behavioural and emotional problems: results across ages 3–16 years from multiple raters in six cohorts in the EU-ACTION project

(2018) Meike Bartels et al.   EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Why do children read more? The influence of reading ability on voluntary reading practices

(2018) Elsje van Bergen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes

(2018) Augustine Kong et al.   SCIENCE

The Nature of Nurture: Using a Virtual-Parent Design to Test Parenting Effects on Children's Educational Attainment in Genotyped Families

(2018) Timothy C. Bates et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Metataxonomic Analysis of Individuals at BMI Extremes and Monozygotic Twins Discordant for BMI

(2018) Casey T. Finnicum et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

The EMIF-AD PreclinAD study: study design and baseline cohort overview

(2018) Elles Konijnenberg et al.   Alzheimers Research & Therapy

2SNP heritability and effects of genetic variants for neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

(2017) Bochao Danae Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Social Comparison Orientation in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins

(2017) Pascal Huguet et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Identification of Common Genetic Variants Influencing Spontaneous Dizygotic Twinning and Female Fertility

(2016) Hamdi Mbarek et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

A method to customize population-specific arrays for genome-wide association testing

(2016) Erik A Ehli et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Detection and interpretation of shared genetic influences on 42 human traits

(2016) Joseph K Pickrell et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Computerized Neurocognitive Battery: Validation, aging effects, and heritability across cognitive domains.

(2016) Suzanne C. Swagerman et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Physical activity and dietary intake in BMI discordant identical twins

(2016) Stieneke Doornweerd et al.   Obesity

Twin-sibling study and meta-analysis on the heritability of maximal oxygen consumption

(2016) Nienke M. Schutte et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

Validity of LIDAS (LIfetime Depression Assessment Self-report): a self-report online assessment of lifetime major depressive disorder

(2016) M. Bot et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

Genetic and environmental influences interact with age and sex in shaping the human methylome

(2016) Jenny van Dongen et al.   Nature Communications

Chorionicity and Heritability Estimates from Twin Studies: The Prenatal Environment of Twins and Their Resemblance Across a Large Number of Traits

(2015) C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Longitudinal weight differences, gene expression and blood biomarkers in BMI-discordant identical twins

(2015) J van Dongen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Heritability and Temporal Stability of Ambulatory Autonomic Stress Reactivity in Unstructured 24-Hour Recordings

(2015) Melanie Neijts et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Effect of Genome and Environment on Metabolic and Inflammatory Profiles

(2015) Marina Sirota et al.   PLoS One

Harmonization of Neuroticism and Extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: an application of Item Response Theory

(2014) Stéphanie M. van den Berg et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Sex differences in the human peripheral blood transcriptome

(2014) Rick Jansen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Heritability of liver enzyme levels estimated from genome-wide SNP data

(2014) Jenny H D A van Beek et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Mendelian randomization: genetic anchors for causal inference in epidemiological studies

(2014) G. Davey Smith et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Heritability and genomics of gene expression in peripheral blood

(2014) Fred A Wright et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Meta-analysis of telomere length in 19 713 subjects reveals high heritability, stronger maternal inheritance and a paternal age effect

(2013) Linda Broer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Exposure to secondhand smoke and depression and anxiety: A report from two studies in the Netherlands

(2013) Mariska Bot et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

Familial Resemblance for Serum Metabolite Concentrations

(2013) Harmen H. M. Draisma et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

The Adult Netherlands Twin Register: Twenty-Five Years of Survey and Biological Data Collection

(2013) Gonneke Willemsen et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Brain SCALE: Brain Structure and Cognition: an Adolescent Longitudinal Twin Study into the Genetic Etiology of Individual Differences

(2012) Inge L. C. van Soelen et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Effects of Chorionicity and Zygosity on Triplet Birth Weight

(2012) Diane J. Lamb et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

The Young Netherlands Twin Register (YNTR): Longitudinal Twin and Family Studies in Over 70,000 Children

(2012) Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Instrumental Variable Estimation of Causal Risk Ratios and Causal Odds Ratios in Mendelian Randomization Analyses

(2011) T. M. Palmer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Autism - Tics, AD/HD and other Comorbidities inventory (A-TAC): further validation of a telephone interview for epidemiological research

(2010) Tomas Larson et al.   BMC Psychiatry

Brain activation during cognitive planning in twins discordant or concordant for obsessive-compulsive symptoms

(2010) A. den Braber et al.   BRAIN

Cervix smear abnormalities: linking pathology data in female twins, their mothers and sisters

(2010) Jacqueline M Vink et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Genetic and environmental influences on objective intermediate asthma phenotypes in Dutch twins

(2010) T. Wu et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

A genome wide linkage scan for dizygotic twinning in 525 families of mothers of dizygotic twins

(2010) J. N. Painter et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Power and instrument strength requirements for Mendelian randomization studies using multiple genetic variants

(2010) Brandon L Pierce et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Effects of Gestational Age and Birth Weight on Brain Volumes in Healthy 9 Year-Old Children

(2010) Inge L.C. van Soelen et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

The Netherlands Twin Register Biobank: A Resource for Genetic Epidemiological Studies

(2010) Gonneke Willemsen et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Genetic Covariance Structure of Reading, Intelligence and Memory in Children

(2009) Marieke van Leeuwen et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Neuroimaging of response interference in twins concordant or discordant for inattention and hyperactivity symptoms

(2009) D. van 't Ent et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No Evidence for a Causal Relationship

(2009) Meike Bartels et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Familial twinning and fertility in Dutch mothers of twins

(2008) Chantal Hoekstra et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

An fMRI study in monozygotic twins discordant for obsessive–compulsive symptoms

(2008) Anouk den Braber et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Body composition, smoking, and spontaneous dizygotic twinning

(2008) Chantal Hoekstra et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

The Heritability of HbA1c and Fasting Blood Glucose in Different Measurement Settings

(2008) Annemarie M. C. Simonis-Bik et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Design and Implementation of a Twin-Family Database for Behavior Genetics and Genomics Studies

(2008) Dorret I. Boomsma et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics