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Monozygotic (MZ) twins.
See
Identical twins
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 77-78
Multiple births, prevalence of, 99-101
Multiple Births Foundation, 91
Murray, Charles, 13
Muscular dystrophy, 105, 106-107, 108
MZ (monozygotic) twins.
See
Identical twins
N
Nature
vs
. nurture.
See also
Heritability
in aspects of human development, 146-148
 
Page 201
as false dichotomy, 139
and free will issue, 154-157
question of percentages, 24
role of twin studies, 1, 2-3, 7-10
Nazis, twin studies, 16-22, 64, 123
Neubauer, Peter, 1-2, 7, 36, 39, 40-41
Neuroticism, 128, 129, 146
Non-shared
vs
. shared environment, 62, 140-142, 147-148
Nyiszli, Miklos, 21
O
Ohio, festival of twins, 8-9, 92, 121
P
Pakstis, Andrew, 135
Parents
adoptive
vs
. biological, 137-138
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