Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2020 Dec;23(6):359-362. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.79. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
John C. Loehlin, professor of psychology at the University of Texas, at Austin, passed away on August 9, 2020. John was 94 years of age. He will be remembered for his seminal contributions that have furthered the field of twin research in so many ways. An overview of his career is presented, with fond memories from his son and several colleagues. This tribute is followed by reviews of twin research on cognitive skills and social mobility, risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage, heritability of selected dental traits and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Finally, twin-related topics of human interest include identical twins with different health histories, twins born 97 days apart, retiring twin tennis players, TikTok twins and twin reality stars.
约翰·C·洛伊林（John C. Loehlin），德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校心理学教授，于 2020 年 8 月 9 日去世，享年 94 岁。他在双胞胎研究领域做出了开创性的贡献，这些贡献在很多方面推动了该领域的发展。本文对他的职业生涯进行了概述，他的儿子和几位同事回忆了他的一些美好往事。本文随后对认知技能和社会流动性、蛛网膜下腔出血风险、选定牙齿特征的遗传性和双胎输血综合征的双胞胎研究进行了综述。最后，本文还探讨了一些与双胞胎相关的人类感兴趣的话题，包括健康史不同的同卵双胞胎、相隔 97 天出生的双胞胎、退休的双胞胎网球运动员、TikTok 双胞胎和双胞胎真人秀明星。
