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Twins with nonconcordant sexual aneuploidy
Journal of Medical Genetics
|June 1, 1977
Summary
This study details dizygotic twins with distinct sexual aneuploidies (48,XXXXY and 47,XXY). Further research on twinning is needed to understand chromosomal non-disjunction and double ovulation.
Area of Science:
- Human Genetics
- Reproductive Biology
Background:
- Dizygotic twinning involves two separate ova.
- Sexual aneuploidies are chromosomal abnormalities affecting sex chromosomes.