Determination of zygosity by questionnaire and physical features comparison in Chinese adult twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-271

  Gao, Wenjing ^a   Li, Liming ^a   Cao, Weihua ^a   Zhan, Siyan ^a   Lv, Jun ^a   Qin, Ying ^a   Pang, Zengchang ^b   Wang, Shaojie ^b   Chen, Weijian ^b   Chen, Rongfu ^b   Hu, Yonghua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BODY IMAGE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33645748519     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776382446     Document Type: Article

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