Twin Research for Everyone

Section 1. Background1. History of Twin StudiesJohn C. Loehlin2. Prevalence of Twinning WorldwideAndrás Pári3. Twin Family Registries WorldwideYoon-Mi Hur, Veronika V. Odintsova, Juan R. Ordonana, Karri Silventoinen, and Gonneke Willemsen Section 2. Phenomenon of Twinning4. Biology of Natural TwinningGARY David STEINMAN5. Management and Outcome of Twin PregnanciesGian Carlo Di Renzo, Valentina Tosto, Irene Giardina, Valentina Tsibizova6. Conjoined TwinsJulia Metneki and Peter Varjassy Section 3. Twin Families7. Growing up as Twins: The Perspective of Twin ResearchersAdam Domonkos Tarnoki, David Laszlo Tarnoki, Julia Metneki and Nancy L. Segal8. Parenting of Twins, Triplets, or MoreMonica Rankin9. Reared Apart Twins: Background, Research, Case Studies and What They Reveal About Human DevelopmentNancy L. Segal and Francisca J. Niculae10. Opposite-sex Twins in Medical ResearchLucas Calais Ferreira, Sue Malta, and John L. Hopper Section 4. Twin Methodologies11. Establishing a resource for genetic, epidemiological and biomarker studies: the important role of twin registersVeronika Odintsova, Gonneke Willemsen, Conor V. Dolan, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Nicholas G. Martin, P. Eline Slagboom, Juan R. Ordoñana, Dorret I. Boomsma12. Methodology of Twin StudiesJosé J. Morosoli, Brittany L. Mitchell, and Sarah Medland13. Twin Studies of Complex Traits and DiseasesChristopher R. Beam, Alice J. Kim, and Tinca J.C. Polderman14. Use of Twin Studies to Make Inference About Causation for Measured Exposures by Examining Familial ConfoundingVivienne F. C. Esser, Shuai Li, Minh Bui, and John L. Hopper15. Twin Research in Clinical TrialsAthula Sumathipala and Kaushalya Jayaweera Section 5. Behavior16. Twin Studies in Social SciencesEIena Cristina Mitrea and Levente Littvay17. Childhood Development of Psychiatric Disorders and Related TraitsIsabell Brikell, Paul Lichtenstein, and Henrik Larsson18. Happiness and Well-being: The Value and Findings from Genetic StudiesMargot P. can de Weijer, Lianne P. de Vries, and Meike Bartels19. Twin Studies of PersonalityJuko Ando20. Twin Research in PsychopathologyLisabeth Fisher DiLalla, Matthew R. Jamnik, Riley L. Marshall, Emily C. Pali, and David DiLalla21. Cognitive Aging: The Role of Genes and Environments in Patterns of ChangeDeborah Finkel, Nancy L. Pedersen, and Chandra A. Reynolds22. Twin Studies of Smoking and Tobacco UseJaakko Kaprio Section 6. Health23. Anthropometric Twin StudiesKarri Silventoinen24. Twin studies of cardiorespiratory disease, daily cardiovascular activity and imagingAdam Domonkos Tarnoki, Gonneke Willemsen, Eco de Geus, and David Laszlo Tarnoki25. Pediatric Twin StudiesCatarina Almqvist and Paul Lichtenstein26. Twin-Singleton DifferencesKaare Christensen and Matt McGue27. Twin Studies of Puberty and BehaviorHolly T. Pham, Adriene M. Beltz, Robin Corley, and Sheri A. Berenbaum28. Muscoloskeletal Twin StudiesPaulo Ferreira and Munkh-Erdene Bayartai29. Contributions of Twin Studies to Cancer EpidemiologyWendy Cozen, Esther Lam, Maryam Salehi, Victoria K. Cortessis, Tuong L. Nguyen, James Dowty, John L. Hopper, Shuai Li and Thomas M. Mack30. Epigenetic Studies of Neurodevelopment in TwinsJeffrey Mark Craig, Namitha Mohandas, Yuk Jing Loke, Jennifer Eleanor Snowball, Yen Ting Wong and Garth Stephenson31. Contributions of Twin Research to the study of Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasMatthew Sebastian Panizzan, Jeremy Elman and Eero Vuoksimaa Section 7. Twin Research: Genetics, Epigenetics, Microbiome, and Environmental Adaptation32. Twins and Omics: The Role of Twin Studies in Multi-OmicsFiona Alysa Hagenbeek, Jenny van Dongen, Rene Pool, and Dorret I. Boomsma33. EpigeneticsAino Heikkinen, Sara Lundgren, and Miina Ollikainen34. An Experiment in Co-Twin Control: Adaptation to Space TravelCarole Tafforin and Nancy Segal35. Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Evidence from Twin StudiesGarth Stephenson and Jeffrey Mark Craig36.