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Monozygotic Twins

Monozygotic Twins is a biological phenomenon in which a single fertilized egg (zygote) undergoes late cleavage division to give rise to two genetically identical embryos that develop into individuals of identical sex and nearly identical genetic makeup.

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2017–2026

602

Variants

Identical Twins

Parents

Publications

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Epigenetic differences arise during the lifetime of monozygotic twins

Mario F. Fraga, Esteban Ballestar, Maria F. Paz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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Development of the Human Infant Intestinal Microbiota

Chana Palmer, Elisabeth M. Bik, Daniel B. DiGiulio et al. · PLoS Biology · 2007 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Causal Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and the Onset of Major Depression

Kenneth S. Kendler, Laura M. Karkowski, Carol A. Prescott · American Journal of Psychiatry · 1999 · 2.5K citations

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Autism as a strongly genetic disorder: evidence from a British twin study

Anthony Bailey, Ann Le Couteur, Irving I. Gottesman et al. · Psychological Medicine · 1995 · 2.5K citations

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A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

John C. Mazziotta, Arthur W. Toga, Alan C. Evans et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2001 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Jaakko Kaprio

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    144 publications · 11.8K citations

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  2. NG
    Nicholas G. Martin

    QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia

    136 publications · 10.1K citations

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  3. KS
    Kenneth S. Kendler

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    94 publications · 10.2K citations

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  4. DI
    Dorret I. Boomsma

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    112 publications · 10.2K citations

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  5. AC
    Andrew C. Heath

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    76 publications · 8.7K citations

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Institutions

3.9K

  1. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    66 h-index

    778 publications

    62.3K citations

  2. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    63 h-index

    655 publications

    77.7K citations

  3. Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

    Richmond, United States

    62 h-index

    252 publications

    33.2K citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    60 h-index

    323 publications

    37.2K citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    58 h-index

    504 publications

    35.6K citations

  6. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

    Brisbane, Australia

    57 h-index

    422 publications

    31.2K citations

  7. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    53 h-index

    351 publications

    37.1K citations

  8. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    50 h-index

    451 publications

    32.3K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 333 publications · 12.6K citations

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  2. Archives of General Psychiatry

    62 publications · 14.4K citations

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  3. American Journal of Psychiatry

    74 publications · 13.6K citations

    49

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  4. Twin Research and Human Genetics

    199 publications · 8.3K citations

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  5. Psychological Medicine

    73 publications · 8.2K citations

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