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The Effect of Zygosity on the Birth Weight of Twins in Aberdeen and Northeast Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

G. Corney ,
B. Thompson ,
D.M. Campbell ,
I. MacGillivray ,
D. Seedburgh  and
D. Timlin
G. Corney
Affiliation:
MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, The Galton Laboratory, University College, London
B. Thompson
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Institute of Medical Sociology, Aberdeen
D.M. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen
I. MacGillivray
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen
D. Seedburgh
Affiliation:
MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, The Galton Laboratory, University College, London
D. Timlin
Affiliation:
Medical Computer Centre, Westminster Hospital, London

Abstract

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Birth weight data for 356 pairs of newborn twins of known zygosity and placentation are presented. The combined weights of dizygotic twins are heavier than those of monozygotic twins. The significance of this finding is discussed in relation to the association between increased maternal height and dizygotic twinning.

Keywords

TwinsZygosityPlacentationBirth weightMaternal height
Type
Session IV: Outcome of Twin Pregnancy
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 353 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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