"Twins, Dizygotic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Two offspring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from two OVA, fertilized at about the same time by two SPERMATOZOA. Such twins are genetically distinct and can be of different sexes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014429
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873.920
|
| Concept/Terms |
Twins, Dizygotic- Twins, Dizygotic
- Dizygotic Twin
- Dizygotic Twins
- Twin, Dizygotic
- Twins, Fraternal
- Fraternal Twin
- Fraternal Twins
- Twin, Fraternal
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Twins, Dizygotic".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Twins, Dizygotic".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Twins, Dizygotic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Twins, Dizygotic" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins, Dizygotic" by people in Profiles.
-
Drinking experience uncovers genetic influences on alcohol expectancies across adolescence. Addiction. 2015 Apr; 110(4):610-8.
-
Accounting for the association between childhood maltreatment and alcohol-use disorders in males: a twin study. Psychol Med. 2011 Jan; 41(1):59-70.
-
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.
-
Twin studies of immunogenicity--determining the genetic contribution to vaccine failure. Vaccine. 2001 Mar 21; 19(17-19):2434-9.
-
Twinship and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000 Feb 02; 92(3):261-5.
-
Genetic and behavioral influences on body fat distribution. Int J Obes. 1990 Jul; 14(7):593-602.
-
Evidence of genetic influence on central body fat in middle-aged twins. Hum Biol. 1989 Apr; 61(2):179-94.