Dizygotic twinning is not associated with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase haplotypes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2460-2464

  Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Zhao, Zhen Zhen ^a   Morley, Katherine I ^a   Marsh, Anna J ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Duffy, David L ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DZ twins; MTHFR; Polymorphisms; Twinning frequency

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0242606852     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg441     Document Type: Article

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