Bonamy R. Oliver|Robert Plomin
Twins' Early Development Study (TEDS): A Multivariate, Longitudinal Genetic Investigation of Language, Cognition and Behavior Problems from Childhood Through Adolescence
King's College London|King's College London
twins early development study teds largescale longitudinal study twins early childhood adolescence since conception teds focus study problematic development within context normal variation mainly development language cognitive academic abilities behavior problems multivariate quantitative molecular genetic perspectives teds twins assessed 2 3 4 7 9 10 currently 12 years age dna collected 12000 children identified birth records twins born united kingdom 1994 1996 15000 pairs twins originally enrolled teds well 13000 pairsrepresentative uk populationremain involved study date similar many twin adoption studies teds data indicate genetic environmental influences important nearly areas behavioral development multivariate genetic analyses allow researchers go beyond basic naturenurture question teds results suggest especially area learning abilities disabilities genes generalists environments specialists genes largely contribute similarity performance within learning abilities disabilities across age whereas environment contributes differences performance quantitative genetic findings chart course molecular genetic research teds dataset proving valuable genomewide association research tries identify many genes responsible ubiquitous heritability behavior