The Effect of Zygosity on the Birth Weight of Twins in Aberdeen and Northeast Scotland
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research
- Vol. 28 (4) , 353-360
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001566000008916
Abstract
Birth weight data for 356 pairs of newborn twins of known zygosity and placentation are presented. The combined weights of dizygotic twins are heavier than those of monozygotic twins. The significance of this finding is discussed in relation to the association between increased maternal height and dizygotic twinning.Keywords
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