Genetic Studies of an Acardiac Monster: Evidence of Polar Body Twinning in Man
- 14 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4509) , 775-777
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7196086
Abstract
Two maternally derived chromosome sets and both maternal histocompatibility antigen haplotypes were identified in the tissues of a malformed triploid acardiac twin that developed within the same chorion as its normal twin. These findings indicate that the twins arose as a result of independent fertilizations, by two different spermatozoa, of a normal haploid ovum and its diploid first-meiotic-division polar body.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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