Genetic contribution to DZ twinning

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Lewis, Cathryn M ^a,c   Healey, Sue C ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Genetic Epidemiology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

dizygotic twins; genetics; monozygotic twins; relative risks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030022846     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960122)61:3<237::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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