Twin Study Heritability & Behavior Simulator

Quantitative genetics modeling: Monozygotic vs. Dizygotic Twin Cohorts

Case Presets:
Variance Parameters
Additive Genetics (h²) 0.58
Shared Environment (c²) 0.12
Unique Environment (e²) 0.30
Cohort Size
Twin Pairs per Group (N) 500
Falconer's Formula
h² = 2 × (r_MZT - r_DZT)
2 × (0.70 - 0.41) = 0.58
Theoretical Correlations
r_MZT = h² + c²
r_DZT = 0.5×h² + c²
r_MZA = h²
r_DZA = 0.5×h²
Variance Decomposition
h² 58%
c² 12%
e² 30%
Empirical h² 0.58
Empirical c² 0.12
Empirical e² 0.30
Cross-Twin Correlations (r)
r(MZT) Reared Together 0.70
r(DZT) Reared Together 0.41
r(MZA) Reared Apart 0.58
r(DZA) Reared Apart 0.12
Monozygotic Reared Together (MZT) r = 0.70
Dizygotic Reared Together (DZT) r = 0.41
Monozygotic Reared Apart (MZA - Jim Twins) r = 0.58
Dizygotic Reared Apart (DZA) r = 0.12
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