monozygotic

Examples

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• The SSD pairwise concordance rate was .93 for monozygotic (MZ) twins and .83 for dizygotic (DZ) twins.

  Academic text (2013)

• But in a nonuniform prenatal environment, monozygotic twins express different finger ridge configurations.

  Academic text (2000)

• Three siblings were affected: monozygotic twin boys and their younger brother.

  Academic text (2004)

• And here's the deal with monozygotic twins.

• If it were, then the concordance rate for monozygotic twins would be 100 percent, as it is for eye color.

  Academic text (1997)

• Suppose you find that monozygotic twins are much more similar than DI zygotic twins.

• The genetic component of acne has been confirmed by the very high incidence in monozygotic twins.

  Academic text (2007)

• When the prenatal environment is similar for monozygotic twins, they will possess nearly identical finger ridge configurations.

  Academic text (2000)

• You can calculate this by comparing monozygotic identical twins with fraternal dizygotic twins.

  Tom Bilyeu

• One study found that 60% of monozygotic twins were concordant for autism, and 92% for ASDs.

  Blog text (28)

Synonyms

I

identical

vsmonozygotic

66 2.6

Twins who come from one egg and have the same genes

is the technical term used in scientific contexts for that genetic sameness

M

monovular

vsmonozygotic

• Specialized

9.7

Twins that come from one egg and have the same genes

is the standard scientific label for twins from one fertilized egg

Compounds

M

monozygotic twin

• Specialized

1 7.2

A person who has the same genes as their twin because they come from one egg

How Genetically Identical

monozygotic

• Specialized

1 9.4

fraternal

• Specialized

7 5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology