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Chimeric Dizygotic Twins; Twin Study Summaries; News At Home and Abroad

Chimeric Dizygotic Twins; Twin Study Summaries; News At Home and Abroad

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Chimeric Dizygotic Twins; Twin Study Summaries; News At Home and Abroad

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Chimeric Dizygotic Twins; Twin Study Summaries; News At Home and Abroad

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Twin research and human genetics, 2005-04, Vol.8 (2), p.178-181

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English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Chimeras, individuals whose genetically distinct cell lines originated from different zygotes, are attracting attention among twin researchers. This is because chimerism may occur more frequently than previously suspected, having been observed among 8% of dizygotic (DZ) twins and 21% of DZ triplets. The presence of separate cell lines in these twin...

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Chimeric Dizygotic Twins; Twin Study Summaries; News At Home and Abroad

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2789787311

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2789787311

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ISSN

1832-4274

E-ISSN

1839-2628

DOI

10.1375/twin.8.2.178

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