Distinguishing genetically between the germlines of male monozygotic twins
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Comparison of serum FSH and Inhibin B levels between adult male dizygotic and monozygotic twins.
BACKGROUND FSH hypersecretion occurs in mothers of dizygotic (DZ) twins. Twinning is inherited via both sexes and transmitted through the female. FSH hypersecretion may thus occur in male DZ twins. METHODS We assayed FSH and its counter-regulatory hormone, Inhibin B, in 108 adult male DZ and 100 monozygotic (MZ) twins (as controls) and compared our results to published norms. RESULTS Inhibi...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Genetics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1553-7404
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007756