monozygotic twins

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monozygotic twins

[¦män·ō‚zī′gäd·ik ′twinz]

(biology)

Twins which develop from a single fertilized ovum. Also known as identical twins.

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Monozygous concordance rates for focal epilepsy (0.

New genetic insights advance understanding of epilepsy

Glomerulocystic disease: a severe form in a monozygous twin.

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Possible explanation of high concordance for acute leukemia in monozygous twins.

Risk factors for acute leukemia in children: a review

Three dimensions were used to measure religiosity: personal devotion, personal conservatism and institutional conservatism in white, female same-sex twins (n = 1,902 pairs) both monozygous and dizygous.

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It is an accepted medical doctrine that monochorionic twins are exclusively monozygous," said Dr.