Research using twins and other multiples contributes much to the understanding of human behavior. (You can read my interview with a University of Southern California twin researcher here on BeTwinned.com.) This news story gives an example of a pair of twins who are participating in a National Institutes of Health study about eating disorders and genetics. Both twins suffer from anorexia.

I read stories all the time about twins and triplets excelling in athletics. Here’s one about 26-year-old twin hockey-playing brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin. They play for the Vancouver Canucks.

I absolutely love this story about gardening triplets. At the end of the article, the triplets’ mother gives a series of tips about getting kids interested in gardening.

This is the beginning of a resource page on twin research. Additionally, the homepage of this blog has a number of helpful links on twin research and twin registers. If you have suggestions for this resource list, please leave a comment below or send information to Diana@BeTwinned.com, and I’ll update either this list or the links list.

**Dr. Laura Baker of the Southern California Twin Project at the University of Southern California said that there is an abundance of material on the Internet and in professional publications about twin research and registers. The following are names of just two professional journals that might be of interest to twins and their parents.

The International Society for Twin Studies publishes the journal Twin Research and Human Genetics – it includes both twin research and research about twins.

The Behavior Genetics Association publishes the journal Behavior Genetics.

Related BeTwinned article: Research on twins has long yielded valuable insight into nature/nurture question.