A new study suggests that lifespan might be 50% heritable — although for now, it's hard to know if the finding applies across diverse populations.

Heterokaryotype in monozygotic twinning is a rare phenomenon in which the number and appearance of chromosomes differ between the monozygotic pair. Although traditionally, monozygotic pair presumed to ...

ABSTRACT: Heterokaryotype in monozygotic twinning is a rare phenomenon in which the number and appearance of chromosomes differ between the monozygotic pair. Although traditionally, monozygotic pair ...

Summary: A new study reveals that developmental differences strongly influence dominance roles in twin relationships, with typically developing twins perceived as dominant over their nontypically ...

Introduction: Lifestyle habits are considered to be significant determinants of serum lipoprotein concentration. There have been many studies on the factors affecting serum LDL cholesterol(LDL-C) or ...

Multiple births are becoming more common than they were in the past. Many women are waiting longer before having children than they did in previous generations. Fertility treatments and modern ...

A mother of twins was left "shocked" after a DNA test involving her two young sons confirmed a long-held suspicion. Charlotte Hassan, 33, admits she was a "little nervous" when she first learned she ...

Abstract: Compared with 2D face recognition systems, 3D facial recognition has been a popular area of study in academia and industry because of its ability to detect human faces in an unconstrained ...

Around 1 in 250 pregnancies result in identical or “monozygotic” twins, but the mechanism behind monozygotic twinning has remained elusive, partly because the phenomenon is so rare and partly due to ...

We exploited a strong within-family design, that is, the discordant monozygotic twin design, to study reactiveness of DNA methylation in blood cells to smoking and reversibility of methylation ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...