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Finkel, D., Pedersen, N.L., McGue, M. et al. Heritability of cognitive abilities in adult twins: Comparison of Minnesota and Swedish data. Behav Genet 25, 421–431 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02253371
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