Does Early Life Health Predict Schooling Within Twin Pairs? [PDF]
A large number of studies in labor economics estimate the returns to schooling using data on monozygotic twins, under the assumption that educational attainment is random within twin pairs. This exogeneity assumption has been commonly questioned, however,
Lundborg, Petter +2 more
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Stem-Like Adaptive Aneuploidy and Cancer Quasispecies [PDF]
, 2013 We analyze and reinterpret experimental evidence from the literature to argue for an ability of tumor cells to self-regulate their aneuploidy rate. We conjecture that this ability is mediated by a diversification factor that exploits molecular mechanisms
Napoletani, Domenico +2 more
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Beyond DNA: Epigenetics and Proteomics in Forensic Science [PDF]
, 2016 The use of genetic evidence in criminal cases is well established and has improved the public opinion and credibility of forensic science. However, several shortcomings associated with current genetic profiling techniques exist. Scientific research aimed
Eilerts, Diane F
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Genome-wide search for strabismus susceptibility loci. [PDF]
, 2003 The purpose of this study was to search for chromosomal susceptibility loci for comitant strabismus. Genomic DNA was isolated from 10mL blood taken from each member of 30 nuclear families in which 2 or more siblings are affected by either esotropia or ...
Fujiwara, Hirotake +6 more
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Chromosome 22q11.2 microdeletion in monozygotic twins with discordant phenotype and deletion size
Molecular Cytogenetics, 2012 We report on a pair of male monozygotic twins with 22q11.2 microdeletion, discordant phenotype and discordant deletion size. The second twin had findings suggestive of DiGeorge syndrome, while the first twin had milder anomalies without any cardiac ...
Halder Ashutosh +3 more
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A Twin Study of Genetic Contributions to Hippocampal Morphology in Schizophrenia
Neurobiology of Disease, 2002 Our goal was to establish whether altered hippocampal morphology represents a trait marker for genetic vulnerability in schizophrenia. We outlined the hippocampi on high-resolution MR images obtained from matched samples of control and discordant ...
Katherine L. Narr +13 more
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“Identical” double parathyroid adenomas in monozygotic twins
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2021 A number of genes have been associated with sporadic causes of primary hyperparathyroidism. A case of primary hyperparathyroidism secondary to simultaneously presenting double parathyroid adenomas with identical distribution in a set of 48-year-old ...
F. Jeffrey Lorenz
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A dohányzási szokásokat befolyásoló környezeti tényezők egy- és kétpetéjű ikrek körében [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: Smoking habits are influenced by environmental (family, friends) and psychologic factors. Aim: To investigate environmental factors which influence the smoking habits of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.
Bakkne Nagy M, +2 more
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Earnings Mobility and Origin Dependence: What can twins say together with nonparametric econometrics? [PDF]
This study focuses on earnings immobility and its relation to the originin terms of both the social background and the initial position in the earnings distribution. Twin data is used to reveal the importance for the common background for immobility.
Nilsson, William
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Strikingly higher frequency in centenarians and twins of mtDNA mutation causing remodeling of replication origin in leukocytes [PDF]
, 2003 The presence of a genetic component in longevity is well known. Here, the association of a mtDNA mutation with a prolonged life span in humans was investigated.
Asin-Cayuela, Jordi +9 more
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