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The Possible Role of Homeotic Genes in the Causation of Malformations in Monozygotic Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

David B. Flannery
David B. Flannery*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA
*
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA

Abstract

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It is proposed that the malformations observed to occur with increased frequency in monozygotic twins are similar to the types of malformations caused by mutation in homeotic genes in animals.

Keywords

TwinsMalformationsHomeotic genesAnimal models
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 433 - 436
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987

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