Diagnosis of zygosity by questionnaire and polymarker polymerase chain reaction in young twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Chen, Wei J ^a   Chang, Huai Wen ^a   Wu, Mu Zon ^b   Lin, Chaucer C H ^a   Chang, Chueh ^a   Chiu, Yen Nan ^b   Soong, Wei Tsuen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Polymarker PCR; Twin zygosity; Young twin; Zygosity questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033024877     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021660506222     Document Type: Article

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