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identical twins

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 731863 Last modified 02.03.2017
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Domain genetics & eugenics
  • ühest ja samast viljastatud munarakust arenenud kaksikud, kellel on samad pärilikkustegurid
  • kaksikud, kes arenevad ühe spermi viljastatud ühest munarakust, kui idulane jaguneb arengu algperioodil kaheks. Need kaksikud on alati ühesoolised, pärilikult ja välimuselt ühesugused.
  • two offsprings developed from one zygote or fertilized ovum, and therefore having identical genomes
Good to know
  • Vt ka kirje „dizygotic twins - disügootsed kaksikud“. [2.03.2017]
monosügootsed kaksikud
ühemunakaksikud
identsed kaksikud
monozygotic twins
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  • The proband-wise concordance rates for definite RLS were 53.7% and 15.4% for monozygotic and dizygotic twins, respectively, ...
uniovular twins
identical twins
Good to know
  • A non-technical name for monozygotic twins. It is a misleading term, avoided in careful scientific usage, because monozygotic twins, though similar, are never identical, phenotype being influenced not only by genetic but also by environmental factors.

Haridussõnastik

ID 743788 Last modified 30.12.2025
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