Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Heterokaryotype in monozygotic twinning is a rare phenomenon in which the number and appearance of chromosomes ...

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 ...

ePediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany Tyrosine kinase ...

Early sea urchin embryos can be split into two, and each half can develop into a complete individual. In other words, they can produce identical (monozygotic) twins—a phenomenon known as regulative ...

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 sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. This impairs the transmission of signals between the brain and body and can ...

Twins are fascinating and are the subject of many old wives tales. If you have a set of twins in your family, a relative may have told you that you have a higher chance of having twins — but do twins ...

Abnormal gene dosage from copy number variants has been associated with susceptibility to autoimmune disease. This includes 18p deletion syndrome, a chromosomal disorder with an estimated prevalence ...

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 ...