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Lifespans of Twins: Does Zygosity Matter?
Studies with twins provide fundamental insights to lifespans of humans. We aim to clarify if monozygotic and dizygotic twin individuals differ in lifespan, that is, if zygosity matters. We investigate whether a possible difference in mortality after infancy between zygosities is stable in different...
Autores principales: | Hjelmborg, Jacob, Larsen, Pia, Kaprio, Jaakko, McGue, Matt, Scheike, Thomas, Hougaard, Philip, Christensen, Kaare |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6409769/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30791679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes10020166 |
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