"Twins, Monozygotic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two off-spring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from a single fertilized OVUM that split into two EMBRYOS. Such twins are usually genetically identical and of the same sex.
| Descriptor ID |
D014430
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873.940
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| Concept/Terms |
Twins, Monozygotic- Twins, Monozygotic
- Monozygotic Twin
- Monozygotic Twins
- Twin, Monozygotic
- Twins, Identical
- Identical Twin
- Identical Twins
- Twin, Identical
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins, Monozygotic" by people in Profiles.
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Drinking experience uncovers genetic influences on alcohol expectancies across adolescence. Addiction. 2015 Apr; 110(4):610-8.
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Neuropsychological deficits in major depression reflect genetic/familial risk more than clinical history: a monozygotic discordant twin-pair study. Psychiatry Res. 2014 Jan 30; 215(1):87-94.
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Age-related somatic structural changes in the nuclear genome of human blood cells. Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Feb 10; 90(2):217-28.
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Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Nov; 68(11):1095-102.
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Accounting for the association between childhood maltreatment and alcohol-use disorders in males: a twin study. Psychol Med. 2011 Jan; 41(1):59-70.
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Twins of mistaken zygosity (TOMZ): evidence for genetic contributions to dietary patterns and physiologic traits. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2006 Aug; 9(4):540-9.
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Twin studies of immunogenicity--determining the genetic contribution to vaccine failure. Vaccine. 2001 Mar 21; 19(17-19):2434-9.
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Twinship and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000 Feb 02; 92(3):261-5.
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Alcohol consumption and insulin concentrations. Role of insulin in associations of alcohol intake with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides. Circulation. 1993 Nov; 88(5 Pt 1):2190-7.
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Genetic and behavioral influences on body fat distribution. Int J Obes. 1990 Jul; 14(7):593-602.