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Who discovered the twin method?

R D Rende1, R Plomin, S G Vandenberg

  • 1Center for Developmental and Health Genetics, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.

Behavior Genetics
|March 1, 1990
PubMed
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The twin method, crucial for behavioral genetics, was not fully developed by Francis Galton. Its core concept of comparing identical and fraternal twins emerged independently in 1924.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Genetics
  • Twin Studies
  • Human Heredity

Background:

  • The twin method is widely attributed to Francis Galton's 1875 work.
  • Galton's initial publication did not include the key comparison between identical and fraternal twin resemblance.