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The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart was a twin study conducted at the University of Minnesota, independent of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research. In 1979, Thomas J. Bouchard began to study twins who were separated at birth and reared in different families.
Thomas J. Bouchard Jr. (born October 3, 1937) is an American psychologist known for his behavioral genetics studies of twins raised apart. He is professor emeritus of psychology and director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research at the University of Minnesota.
He is known for his research using twins to study human behavioral traits such as alcoholism [5] and IQ. [6] This included working as a consultant on the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart in the 1970s. [7] He began collaborating with scientists at the University of Helsinki in 1984, and received an honorary doctorate from this university in ...
The 1979 Minnesota Twins season was the 19th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 19th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 79th overall in the American League. The team finished 82–80, fourth in the American League West.
The power of twin designs arises from the fact that twins may be either identical (monozygotic (MZ), i.e. developing from a single fertilized egg and therefore sharing all of their polymorphic alleles) or fraternal (dizygotic (DZ), i.e. developing from two fertilized eggs and therefore sharing on average 50% of their alleles, the same level of genetic similarity found in non-twin siblings).
Twins' pitcher and Minnesota native Jack Morris was the star of the series in 1991, going 2–0 in his three starts with a 1.17 ERA. [ 57 ] 1991 also marked the first time that any team that finished in last place in their division would advance to the World Series the following season; both the Twins and the Braves did this in 1991. [ 58 ]
This effect was visible in identical twins Brenda and Barb, who were 52 at the time of the study. “I love being called the younger one,” Barb laughed and said at the time.
James Lee Kaat (/ k ɒ t /; born November 7, 1938), nicknamed "Kitty", is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1959–1973), Chicago White Sox (1973–1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1976–1979), New York Yankees (1979–1980), and St ...