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Heritability of somatotype components from early adolescence into young adulthood: a multivariate analysis on a longitudinal twin study

M. W. Peeters Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
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M. A. Thomis Pennington Biomedical Research Center Human Genomics Lab Baton Rouge LA USA
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A. L. Claessens Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics Department of Human Genetics Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA US
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R. J. F. Loos Centre for Human Genetics Faculty of Medicine Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
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H. H. M. Maes Division of Genetics and Molecular Cell Biology Maastricht University The Netherlands
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R. Lysens Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
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B. Vanden Eynde Pennington Biomedical Research Center Human Genomics Lab Baton Rouge LA USA
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R. Vlietinck Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics Department of Human Genetics Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA US
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G. Beunen Centre for Human Genetics Faculty of Medicine Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
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Pages 402-418 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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