monozygotic twin

Examples

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

  Academic text (2007)

• Because monozygotic twins presumably have identical genes, any dermatoglyphic differences between them must be due to differences in prenatal environmental experiences.

  Academic text (2000)

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

  Academic text (2004)

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

  Academic text (1997)

• It turns out monozygotic twins don't always have the exact same environment.

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

  Blog text (28)

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

  Academic text (2000)

• To the best of our knowledge, the occurrence of CES in three siblings, including a pair of monozygotic twins, and the auricular abnormality we observed have not been described before.

  Academic text (2004)

• The research showed that monozygotic twins often have the same genetic traits due to their development from a single fertilized egg.

• Scientists study monozygotic twins to understand the impact of genetics versus environment on human development.

Synonyms

I

identical twin

vsmonozygotic twin

30 3.0

A twin born from one egg who has the same DNA

is the more technical medical label rather than the common term

M

monozygous twin

vsmonozygotic twin

• Specialized

6.3

One of two twins who develop from the same egg and have the same genes

is the preferred technical label rather than the variant form

How Genetically Identical

monozygotic twin

• Specialized

1 7.2

fraternal twin

4 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology