Monozygotic (MZ) twins have been widely used in studies of human disease, endophenotypes, gene expression and gene–environment interactions. MZ twins are generally assumed to be genetically ...
There are different types of twins, identical and fraternal being the most common. Identical, or monozygotic, twins develop from the same fertilized egg that splits into two. These twins are of ...
Williams and Storrs observed that some phenotypes had variations up to 140-fold among the monozygotic quadruplets (Storrs & Williams, 1968). In contrast, other heritable traits had very little ...