Estimating Heritability using the Classical Twin Study: Part 1

My first blog post was an introduction to heritability.

At the end of the post I promised I would do another post on exactly how to estimate heritability. This post is the answer to that promise.

This is the post I wish I found when I first googled “How to do a Twin Study” a few years ago.

ADHD – probing the controversy

A bit of a background…

So I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and then again in high school. By diagnosed, I mean I took a trip to the big apple (Brisbane, Qld) for aptitude tests, interviews and an electroencephalography; the works. I was prescribed Ritalin (methylphenidate) in high school.

A very user friendly introduction to heritability

Heritability is an important and often misunderstood concept (assuming you’ve even heard the term before). It is one of the fundamental concepts, if not the fundamental concept, in quantitative genetics.

Learn science with me

Hi,

My name is Geoff and I’m a PhD student.

Welcome to my blog.

A guy named Benjamin Whichcote said that:

There is no better way to learn than to teach.

This is the primary motivation for this blog.

In an effort to learn and understand material relevant to my work, I write about it here and try to explain it as simply and clearly as possible.