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We estimated the extent to which genetic and environmental influences contribute to tics, employing various phenotypic definitions ranging between mild and severe symptomatology, in a large population-based adult twin-family sample.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291716002981_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>In an extended twin-family design, we analysed lifetime tic data reported by adult mono- and dizygotic twins (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 8323) and their family members (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 7164; parents and siblings) from 7311 families in the Netherlands Twin Register. We measured tics by the abbreviated version of the Schedule for Tourette and Other Behavioral Syndromes. Heritability was estimated by genetic structural equation modeling for four tic disorder definitions: three dichotomous and one trichotomous phenotype, characterized by increasingly strictly defined criteria.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291716002981_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prevalence rates of the different tic disorders in our sample varied between 0.3 and 4.5% depending on tic disorder definition. Tic frequencies decreased with increasing age. Heritability estimates varied between 0.25 and 0.37, depending on phenotypic definitions. None of the phenotypes showed evidence of assortative mating, effects of shared environment or non-additive genetic effects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291716002981_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Heritabilities of mild and severe tic phenotypes were estimated to be moderate. 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