An analysis of data from the Twins Early Development Study revealed that the association between ADHD symptoms and emotional ...

A visit to a burlesque show—and a comment from the legendary playwright Lynn Nottage—provided the kernel of inspiration ...

We sought to identify the existence of somatic mutations occurring early in human development by ascertaining base-pair mutations present in one of a pair of monozygotic twins, but absent from the ...

Find out everything you've always wanted to know about identical twins – from how they form to what makes them unique.

Here, we investigated the links among host genetic factors, gut microbiota and MetS in humans. Design We characterised the gut microbial community composition of 655 monozygotic (n=306) and dizygotic ...

We exploited a strong within-family design, that is, the discordant monozygotic twin design, to study reactiveness of DNA methylation in blood cells to smoking and reversibility of methylation ...

Twins suffering a co-twin loss at birth have reported feelings of loneliness and grief while it remains unexplored if they suffer increased risk of psychiatric disorders. We contrasted rate of ...

Our aim was to study genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression differences in SAT in monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs who are discordant for body mass index (BMI). This design completely matches ...