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THE total variance of any measurement made in a population of monozygotic twins can be divided into two parts: interpair variance and intrapair variance. Calculation of the interpair/intrapair F ratio is informative because if this statistic is significantly large it shows that genotype affects the measured variable. Monozygotic twins of the same pair share a common genotype, and so intrapair variance is caused only by environmental effects. These can be divided into two parts: short term effects and long term effects.
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BLANKENHORN, D., JENSEN, J., STURGEON, P. et al. Effect of Blood Group on Blood Lipids in Monozygotic Twins. Nature 215, 1499–1500 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151499a0
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