Twin
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Twin studies
Twin studies refers to the practice of assessing identical twins for medical, genetic, or psychological studies to try to find innate similarities and differences.
Identical twin Twins produced by the division of a single zygote; both have identical genotypes.
See also: fraternal twin ...
Fraternal twin
Siblings born at the same time as the result of fertilization of two ova by two sperm. They share the same genetic relationship to each other as any other siblings.
See also: identical twin
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similarity in a twin pair, with both members of the pair expressing a specific trait
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row
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Use tissue from an "identical" (monozygotic) twin in the very rare cases that one is available. Being genetically identical, the recipient sees the transplant as "self", not as foreign, and does not mount an attack against it.
What's the rate of diabetes in the identical twin of somebody who already has diabetes? It's 90%.
Trigeminal tri = three; geminus = twin.
triglyceride A type of lipid formed from three fatty acids bonded to a molecule of glycerol; a fat or oil.
This might mean an identical twin but it is often used to mean a cell line in which each cell is identical to all the others because they are all derived by cell division from a common ancestor.
from a crime scene with a known reference sample from a victim or suspect. If any two samples have matching genotypes at all 13 CODIS loci, it is a virtual certainty that the two DNA samples came from the same individual (or an identical twin).
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