! Mx ACE script for twin data !RUN THE FULL ACE MODEL AND THEN RUN THE AE MODEL Group1: Defines Matrices Calc NGroups=3 Begin Matrices; X Lower 1 1 free ! genetic structure Y Lower 1 1 free ! shared environment Z Lower 1 1 free ! non-shared environment M full 1 1 H Full 1 1 End Matrices; Matrix H .5 Begin Algebra; A= X*X'; C= Y*Y'; E= Z*Z'; End Algebra; Matrix X 0 Matrix Y 0 Matrix Z 1 End Group2: MZ twin pairs Data NInput_vars=4 NObservations=0 Labels ID zyg t1 t2 REctangular End Rectangular Select t1 t2 / Matrices= Group 1 Covariances A + C + E | A + C _ A + C | A + C + E / Means M | M / End Group3: DZ twin pairs Data NInput_vars=4 NObservations=0 Labels ID zyg t1 t2 Rectangular End Rectangular; Select if zyg = 2 Select t1 t2 / Matrices= Group 1 Covariances A + C + E | H@A + C _ H@A + C | A + C + E / Means M | M / End