{"id":32224,"date":"2021-04-30T18:32:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesensei.com\/?p=32224"},"modified":"2023-12-30T05:27:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T10:27:05","slug":"fascinating-facts-the-world-knows-thanks-to-twin-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/fascinating-facts-the-world-knows-thanks-to-twin-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating Facts the World Knows Thanks to Twin Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Out of every 100 births, three are twins. Twins offer a valuable source of information for both health and psychological research. Their unique relationship gives researchers the ability to pull apart and examine genetic and environmental influences. The findings from twin studies have been extremely influential in detecting and treating various diseases and psychological disorders. Twin studies allow researchers to examine the overall role of genes in developing a trait or condition. <\/span><\/p>\n Furthermore, twin studies suggest that a specific characteristic or disorder has a genetic component, although the studies do not necessarily provide information about the gene’s location. <\/span>Twin studies are incredibly informative because identical twins share nearly 100 percent of their DNA, whereas fraternal twins only share roughly 50 percent. Studying twins allows scientists to dive into a vital mystery of nature versus nurture. Due to their genetic makeup, twins enable researchers to control one of the main variables in so many factors, our genetics. From there, they can then drill down to the impact that environmental factors play throughout our lives. The studies of both fraternal and identical twins have long been used to understand and unwind the influences of genes and the environment on particular traits.<\/span><\/p>\n