Twin Studies in Medical Genetics
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Twin studies in medical research.
SIR,-Dr Phillips questions (April 17, p 1008) the value of twin studies in estimating the genetic component in the most common diseases of adult life. He points out that the intrauterine environment of twins, monozygous as well as dizygous, may be different and that this distinction may account for later differences in disease prevalence between co-twins. Thus, a greater concordance between mon...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae
سال: 1974
ISSN: 1120-9623,2059-6316
DOI: 10.1017/s1120962300022988