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dizygotic

ADJECTIVE
  1. derived from two separately fertilized eggs
    dizygotic twins

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  • Dizygotic twins are known by which common name? Times, Sunday Times
  • In "A Genetic Study of Male Sexual Orientation," a study that has now achieved almost as much renown as LeVay's, the Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and Boston University's Richard Pillard compared fifty-six "monozygotic" twins (identical twins, from the same zygote, or fertilized egg), fifty-four "dizygotic" (fraternal) twins, and fifty-seven genetically unrelated adopted brothers. Homosexuality and Biology
  • Increasing use of fertility drugs is almost certainly the main cause of the recent increase in dizygotic twinning in most developed countries.
  • Dizygotic twins arise from two separate eggs fertilized by two spermatozoa.
  • The one success was our third patient, a dizygotic twin who received a sublethal, non-marrow requiring, dose of total body X-ray, given by Dr. James B. Dealy, followed by a kidney graft from his twin brother in 1959. Joseph E. Murray - Nobel Lecture
  • From twin studies, the concordance rate is estimated at 57 percent for monozygous twins and 14 percent for dizygotic twins.
  • However, these studies may have overestimated the effect of genetics if monozygotic twins share exposure to more environmental effects than dizygotic twins do.
  • In this article, we report the results of two independently conceived and executed studies of monozygotic and dizygotic twins, one in Sweden and one in the United States. Archive 2008-03-01
  • Hamburger group in Paris subsequently ad a similar success with a dizygotic twin recipient following sublethal X-ray treatment. Joseph E. Murray - Nobel Lecture
  • Dizygotic twins are known by which common name? Times, Sunday Times
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