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Twinning in Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A. Kataki  and
A. Kouvatsi
A. Kataki
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
A. Kouvatsi*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
*
Department of Biology, University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

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Mean MZ and DZ twinning rates in seven big Greek cities were 3.2 and 4.75 per 1,000 maternities, respectively, during the 1980-1985 period. The seasonal variations in twinning frequencies are not significant. The total twinning rate in Greece shows a decreasing trend from 1956 to 1985.

Keywords

Twinning ratesSurvivalSecular variationSeasonality
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 147 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1988

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