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Chunk #34 — Discussion — Limitations

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Genetic nurture effects for alcohol use disorder.
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major confound, we might expect larger indirect genetic effects for transmitted compared to nontransmitted alleles. However, the indirect genetic effects were largely of the same magnitude for transmitted and nontransmitted alleles, reducing this concern. Fifth, although we statistically controlled for the parents’ matched alcohol phenotype in all analyses, we recognize that other unmeasured parental characteristics may also impact children’s alcohol outcomes.