Twin Research for Everyone: From Biology to Health, Epigenetics, and Psychology

Twin Research: Biology, Health, Epigenetics, and Psychology is a comprehensive, applied resource in twinning and twin studies that is grounded in the most impactful findings from twin research in recent years. While targeted to undergraduate and graduate students, this compendium will prove a valuable resource for scholars already familiar with twin studies, as well as those coming to the field for the first time. Here, more than forty experts across an array of disciplines examine twinning and twin research methodologies from the perspectives of biology, medicine, genetic and epigenetic influences, and neuroscience. Chapters provide clear instruction in both basic and advanced research methods, family and parenting aspects of twinning, twin studies as applied across various disease areas and medical specialties, genetic and epigenetic determinants of differentiation, and academic, neurological and cognitive development. The presentation of existing studies and methods instruction empowers students and researchers to apply twin-based research and advance new studies across a range of biomedical and behavioral fields, highlighting current research trends and future directions. Offers unique insights into twinning rates, mechanisms and factors surrounding twinship Provides clear instruction on both basic and advanced twin research methods and study design Features leading international experts in twin biology, genetics, health and psychology Examines findings from recent twin studies across a broad array of health and behavioral studies INDICE: Section 1. Background 1. History of Twin Studies 2. Prevalence of Twinning Worldwide 3. Twin Registries Worldwide Section 2. Phenomenon of Twinning 4. Biology of Natural Twinning 5. Management and Outcome of Twin Pregnancies 6. Conjoined Twins Section 3. Twin Families 7. Growing up as Twins: The Perspective of Twin Researchers 8. Parenting of Twins 9. Reared Apart Twins: Background, Research, Case Studies and What They Reveal About Human Development 10. Opposite Sex Twins in Medical Research Section 4. Twin Methodologies 11. Establishing a resource for genetic, epidemiological and biomarker studies: the important role of twin registers 12. Twin Methodologies: Concept of Twin Studies 13. Twin Studies of Complex Traits and Diseases 14. Use of Twin Studies to Make Inference About Causation by Examining Familial Confounding 15. Time to Event Analyses and Censoring 16. Twin Research in Clinical Trials Section 5. Behavior 17. Twin Studies in Social Sciences 18. Childhood Development of Psychiatric Disorders 19. Well-being 20. Personality 21. Twin Research in Psychopathology 22. Cognitive Aging 23. Twin studies of Smoking and Tobacco Use Section 6. Health 24. Anthropometric Twin Studies 25. Cardiorespiratory twin studies. Ambulatory monitoring of cardiovascular activity. Imaging of twins 26. Pediatric Twin Studies 27. Twin-Singleton Differences 28. Twin Studies of Puberty 29. Muscoloskeletal Twin Studies 30. Cancer and Twin Research 31. Epigenetic Studies of Neurodevelopment in Twins 32. Dementia Section 7. Twin Research: Genetics, Epigenetics, Microbiome, and Environmental Adaptation 33. Twins and Omics 34. Epigenetics 35. Telomeres 36. Environmental Differences in Twins and Developmental Disorders 37. Microbiome 38. Monogenetic/Monochromosomal Disorders Section 8. Conclusion Appendix: Resources, Websites, Twin Organizations, and Further Reading

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821514-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 424
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés