2019
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12569
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Twin‐based heritability of actimetry traits

Abstract: There is a critical need for phenotypes with substantial heritability that can be used as endophenotypes in behavioral genetic studies. Activity monitoring, called actimetry, has potential as a means of assessing sleep and circadian rhythm traits that could serve as endophenotypes relevant to a range of psychopathologies. This study examined a range of actimetry traits for heritability using a classic twin design. The sample consisted of 195 subjects from 45 monozygotic (MZ) and 50 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs ag… Show more

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“…An individual’s phase of entrainment under a specific zeitgeber signal could well be thought of as a stable trait. However, since the zeitgeber signal people are exposed to can greatly vary in strength and timing, chronotype in the real world may rather represent a state than a trait—making genetic studies based on real-world data particularly difficult but highlighting the breadth of possible states of the circadian system [57].…”
Section: Chronotypementioning
confidence: 99%
“…An individual’s phase of entrainment under a specific zeitgeber signal could well be thought of as a stable trait. However, since the zeitgeber signal people are exposed to can greatly vary in strength and timing, chronotype in the real world may rather represent a state than a trait—making genetic studies based on real-world data particularly difficult but highlighting the breadth of possible states of the circadian system [57].…”
Section: Chronotypementioning
confidence: 99%
“…López-Mínguez et al (2017), using a composite measure (considering wrist temperature, activity and position), found a heritability of 65% and 61% for duration of night-time and diurnal sleep respectively. More recently, another study using actigraphy reported 49% heritability for total sleep and 44% for the mean duration of sleep episodes (Gehrman et al, 2019).…”
Section: J O U R N a L P R E -P R O O Fmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An individual's phase of entrainment under a specific zeitgeber signal could well be imagined as a stable trait. However, since the zeitgeber signal people are exposed to can greatly vary in strength and timing, chronotype in the real world may rather represent a state than a trait -making genetic studies based on real-world data particularly difficult but highlighting the breadth of possible states of the circadian system [51].…”
Section: The Stability Of Chronotype -State or Trait?mentioning
confidence: 99%