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The Genetic Characteristics of South-Moravian Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Z. Brunecky  and
M. Zahalkova
Z. Brunecky
Affiliation:
Pediatric Research Institute, Brno, Czechoslovakia
M. Zahalkova*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Research Institute, Brno, Czechoslovakia
*
Pediatric Research Institute, Cernopolni 9, Brno, Czechoslovakia

Abstract

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A total of 400 DZ and 76 MZ twin pairs were studied for: maternal age, in which no significant differences were found; birth order, which was significantly higher in DZ twins; weight at birth; frequency of ABO blood-group phenotypes, where no significant differences were found; and, lastly, frequency of twinning in relatives, where, there was significantly higher occurrence, namely in siblings of probands.

Type
5. The Twinning Phenomenon: Etiologic, Genetic, and Demographic Aspects
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 231 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972