ACE model
The ACE model is a statistical model commonly used to analyze the results of twin studies. It aims to decompose sources of phenotypic variation into three categories: additive genetic variance, common environmental factors, and specific environmental factors plus measurement error. It is widely used in genetic epidemiology and behavioural genetics. The basic ACE model relies on several assumptions, including the absence of assortative mating, that there is no genetic dominance or epistasis, that all genetic effects are additive, and the absence of gene-environment interactions. In order to address these limitations, several variants of the ACE model have been developed, including an ACE-β model, which emphasizes the identification of causal effects, and the ACDE model, which accounts for the presence of dominant genetic effects.
