Meanings of dizygotic twins in English

Only nine pairs of dizygotic twins reared apart in Lishui were recruited.

Otherwise, mortality for monozygotic and dizygotic twins did not consistently differ after age 6.

The doctors told my mother she was expecting dizygotic twins, more commonly called fraternal twins.

A genome-wide linkage analysis was performed on the dizygotic twins using a modified version of the Haseman-Elston method.

There were 580 monozygotic twins, 664 dizygotic twins and 333 of their siblings.

Cephalograms were collected from 33 monozygotic and 46 dizygotic twins, who did not undergo any orthodontic treatment.

Mortality among female dizygotic twins was 1.77 times (0.18) higher than among monozygotic twins at age 30-59.

In the 3rd case ( dizygotic twins) the diagnosis was already set in the 20th week of pregnancy.

The cohort encompassed healthy children and adults from the Amazonas of Venezuela, rural Malawi and US metropolitan areas and included mono- and dizygotic twins.

No significant difference was found in concordance between monozygotic and dizygotic twins for physical activity, diet, smoking, alcohol intake and living together or apart.

Participants: A total of 47 families with two affected siblings (mostly dizygotic twins) and all available additional family members from the genetic isolate of Finland.