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Case report: identical twins revealing discordant hypodontia. The rationale of dental arch differences in monozygotic twins.
European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry - 1 Dec 2011
Varela M, Trujillo-Tiebas M J, Garcia-Camba P
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BACKGROUND: While it is generally accepted that monozygotic (MZ) twins are identical with respect to inherited traits, because they share 100% of their genetic material, clinical findings and scientific evidence does not support this belief. In addition to environmental factors and stochastic developmental events, a number of genetic mechanisms, detectable by new techniques in molecular genetics, explain the...
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