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Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs

  1. Peter K. Hatemi1,
  2. John R. Hibbing2,
  3. Sarah E. Medland3,
  4. Matthew C. Keller4,
  5. John R. Alford5,
  6. Kevin B. Smith6,
  7. Nicholas G. Martin7,
  8. Lindon J. Eaves8

Article first published online: 21 JUN 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00461.x

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American Journal of Political Science

American Journal of Political Science

Volume 54, Issue 3, pages 798–814, July 2010

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Hatemi, P. K., Hibbing, J. R., Medland, S. E., Keller, M. C., Alford, J. R., Smith, K. B., Martin, N. G. and Eaves, L. J. (2010), Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs. American Journal of Political Science, 54: 798–814. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00461.x

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  1. 1

    University of Iowa

  2. 2

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln

  3. 3

    Queensland Institute of Medical Research

  4. 4

    University of Colorado

  5. 5

    Rice University

  6. 6

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln

  7. 7

    Queensland Institute of Medical Research

  8. 8

    Virginia Commonwealth University

*Peter K. Hatemi is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 (phatemi@gmail.com). John R. Hibbing is Foundation Regents Professor of Political Science and Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 (jhibbing@unl.edu). Sarah E. Medland is a Research Officer in the Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Rd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Sarah.Medland@qimr.edu.au). Matthew C. Keller is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Fellow of the Institute of Behavior Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 (matthew.c.keller@gmail.com). John R. Alford is Associate Professor of Political Science, Rice University, 6100 Main, Houston, TX 77251 (jra@rice.edu). Kevin B. Smith is Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 (ksmith1@unl.edu). Nicholas G. Martin is Laboratory Head of Genetic Epidemiology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Rd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Nick.Martin@qimr.edu.au). Lindon J. Eaves is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 (ljeaves@vcu.edu).

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