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Familial resemblance for fifty anthropometric traits was studied on a sample of 45 MZ, 101 DZ twin pairs and their 125 singleton siblings. Intraclass correlation coefficients were significant for all the traits. However, resemblance within DZ twin pairs was significantly greater than within sibs for 22 variables, showing that the former had a more correlated environment than the latter. The study also showed that head and facial traits were relatively more stable to the environmental factors than the body traits and hence more suitable for cross-cultural comparisons. The study listed measures of girth and skinfold, thickness as the most labile traits.
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Sharma, K. Familial resemblance for anthropometric traits in dizygotic twins and siblings. Int. J. Anthropol. 2, 341–345 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443993
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