Article
How frequent is heteropaternal superfecundation?
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae - 1 Jan 1992
Wenk R E, Houtz T, Brooks M, Chiafari F A
Abstract excerpt
A newly discovered case of heteropaternal superfecundation (HS) is reported. Three HS cases were found in a parentage test database of 39,000 records. The frequency of HS among dizygotic twins whose parents were involved in paternity suits is 2.4%. Although the study population appears similar to the general population with respect to twinning data, inferences about the frequency of HS in other populations should...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Maternal Age
- Nuclear Family
- Paternity
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Multiple