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A Triplet Maternity in a Reduced Population with Excessive Twinning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

John W. Sheets
John W. Sheets
Affiliation:
Department of History and Anthropology, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
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Summary

In 1991 a triplet maternity of same-sex (FFF) occurred in a depopulated community of Argyll, Scotland, with a history of excessive, same-sex twinning. Due to a stillbirth and its confidentiality, the maternity was recorded as a twin birth. Using public registers may result in underestimation of rates for higher multiple conceptions and births in local districts.

Type
Short Report
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 117 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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