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On the Possible Cause of Monozygotic Twinning: Lessons From the 9-Banded Armadillo and From Assisted Reproduction
1 Apr 2007
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Available hypotheses proposed to explain the mechanism of zygotic splitting fail to explain why monozygotic twins are more prevalent after all methods of assisted reproduction and which structure is likely to control this phenomenon. Arguably, a small proportion of oocytes might have an inborn propensity to undergo splitting upon fertilization leading to the constant prevalence of spontaneous monozygotic...
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