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The Possible Role of Homeotic Genes in the Causation of Malformations in Monozygotic Twins
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2014
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It is proposed that the malformations observed to occur with increased frequency in monozygotic twins are similar to the types of malformations caused by mutation in homeotic genes in animals.
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- Research Article
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- Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 433 - 436
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- Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987
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