Sentences with phrase «recent twins study»

A recent twin study found that in the case of identical twins, who have identical genetics, If one of the twins is gay their is about a 50 % chance that the other twin will identify as gay.

In a recent twin study, «Physical activity and dietary intake in BMI discordant identical twins» physical activity and food habits were measured in 16 female monozygotic twins (identical twins from the same single embryo and share the same genome) with a mean BMI discordance of about 4.

Not exact matches

A recent study involving twins showed that they probably just have a particular genetic mutation that means they require less sleep.

A recent study by the University of Delaware's Jessica Warren and colleagues at the University of Oxford and the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, provides a new data set that scientists can use to understand this problem.

«It has been a very short time since recent technological developments have allowed us to begin uncovering the huge diversity that the viral world contains,» says Alejandro Reyes at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, who was involved in the virome study on the twins.

A recent study by a researcher at the Kent State University found that genetics outweighed environment in social media use using twin study survey data.

Although prior twin studies had hinted that nonheritable factors contribute to some autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, the recent analysis was one of the first to quantify genetic and environmental effects on the general immune system.

«This is by far the largest twin study of gene expression ever published, enabling us to make a roadmap of genes versus environment,» Sullivan says, adding that the study measured relationships with disease more precisely than had been previously possible, and uncovered important connections to recent human evolution and genetic influence in disease.

A recent study has shown that, if one identical twin has ASD, the likelihood of the other twin having it is between 77 and 99 percent; for fraternal twins, the likelihood is 22 to 65 percent.

The reason can't be reduced to «sweeter blood» (sorry, Granny), but there is a genetic component: In a recent study published in Plos One, identical twins (who have the same genes) attracted mosquitoes at the same rate, while fraternal twins were bitten at very different rates.

In such cases, high - quality reading instruction in school is critical, as confirmed by recent studies of identical and fraternal twins.

Russ makes three arguments: 1) A recent study that compared grit scores among fraternal and identical twins suggests that grit may be heritable to a large degree, which would make it unrealistic to expect schools or others to be able to alter it; 2) The twin study as well as a meta - analysis of grit research found that grit only explains about 2 - 3 % of the variance in achievement scores, which Russ thinks makes it a poor predictor of other outcomes; and 3) The meta - analysis suggests that grit may be highly correlated with conscientiousness, one of the Big 5 personality traits that psychologists have been studying for a long time.

Indeed, a recent study conducted by Kaili Rimfeld of King's College London and her colleagues found that grit had only a small effect on how well 16 - year - old twins performed on standardized tests given in England and Wales.

It is difficult to compare our findings with studies of general population youth because rates vary widely, depending on the sample, the method, the source of data (participant or collaterals), and whether functional impairment was required for diagnosis.50 Despite these differences, our overall rates are substantially higher than the median rate reported in a major review article (15 %) 50 and other more recent investigations: the Great Smoky Mountains Study (20.3 %), 56 the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (142 cases per 1000 persons), 57 the Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (6.1 %), 32 and the Miami — Dade County Public School Study (38 %).58 We are especially concerned about the high rates of depression and dysthymia among detained youth (17.2 % of males, 26.3 % of females), which are also higher than general population rates.51,56 - 61 Depressive disorders are difficult to detect (and treat) in the chaos of the corrections milieu.

A recent study of over 500 teenaged same - sex twin pairs suggests there may be a hidden benefit of being a lovesick teen.