Comparative diagnoses of twin zygosity by SSLP variant analysis, questionnaire, and dermatoglyphic analysis

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Spitz, Elisabeth ^a   Moutier, René ^a   Reed, Terry ^b   Busnel, Marie Claire ^a   Marchaland, Catherine ^a   Roubertoux, Pierre L ^a   Carlier, Michèle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatoglyphics; microsatellites; twins zygosity; zygosity questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030033060     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02361159     Document Type: Article

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