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Strength and anthropometric measures in identical and fraternal twins: no evidence of masculinization of females with male co-twins.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 May 2000
Gaist D, Bathum L, Skytthe A, Jensen T K, McGue M, Vaupel J W, Christensen K
Abstract excerpt
Sharing of intrauterine environment in twins of opposite sex has been hypothesized to result in masculinization of the female twin. We tested this hypothesis by comparing strength (maximum hand-grip pressure) and various anthropometric measures in a newly established survey panel comprising 4,314 middle-aged twins identified through a Danish population-based twin registry. Sex- and zygosity-specific mean values...
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