Article
Prenatal development of monozygotic twins and concordance for schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 1995
Davis J O, Phelps J A, Bracha H S
Abstract excerpt
While twin concordances for schizophrenia have been used to estimate heritability and to develop genetic models, concordances in subtypes of monozygotic (MZ) twins can also be used to investigate the influence of prenatal development in the etiology of mental illness. We used within-pair variability and mirroring of fingerprints to estimate retrospectively the placentation status of concordant and discordant MZ...
Topics
- Dermatoglyphics
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Placentation
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Risk Factors
