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Mechanisms of twinning. I. Effect of environmental diversity on genetic expression in monozygotic multifetal pregnancies.
The Journal of reproductive medicine - 1 May 2001
Steinman G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine, using fingerprint homology, the interaction of genetic and environmental factors in arriving at the final phenotypic expression in uniovular triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. STUDY DESIGN: The fingerprints of several multifetal sets were collected and matched. A total of 250 fingers were printed. A comparison based on the classic dactylographic patterns was made. Zygosity of each set...
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