Skeletal maturity and bone growth in twins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8313545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kunihiko Kimura (National Defense Medical College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 491-497 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330600411 |
| PMID | 6682632 |
| OpenAlex | W1986977347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
Heritability of skeletal maturity and bone growth is discussed on the basis of intrapair resemblances (correlation coefficients) and differences (revised percent deviations) in mono‐ and dizygotic twins and random pairs of unrelated children. A series of 1072 radiographs of the right hand and wrist in 63 male and 70 female pairs of monozygotic twins, and 25 male and 21 female pairs of dizygotic twins aged 12 to 18 years studied longitudinally in Tokyo were used. Skeletal maturity based on the TW2 age suggests higher heritability than bone growth based on the second metacarpal dimensions. In the latter, length has higher heritability than width and cortical thickness. A dosage effect seems to be suggested in width and some indices in the second metacarpal, but is not confirmed in skeletal maturation
Biology · Bone age · Developmental psychology · Heritability · Maturity (psychological) · Anatomy · Bone health and osteoporosis research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics · Genetics and Physical Performance · Medicine · Orthodontics · Psychology
Revised Percent Deviation and Coefficient of Similarity
Skeletal Maturity in Twins
Genetics of hand‐wrist ossification
Contributions to variance in phalangeal growth
Frequency of multiple births among the Japanese and related peoples
Variability of postnatal ossification timing and evidence for a “dosage” effect
How “stable” are heritability estimates? A comparison of heritability estimates from six anthropometric studies
Apparent influence of the X chromosome on timing of 73 ossification centers
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 1997 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |