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dizygotic

[di″zi-got´ik] ()

pertaining to or derived from two separate zygotes (fertilized ova); said of twins. See also monozygotic.

di·zy·got·ic

, dizygous (dī'zī-got'ik, dī-zī'gŭs),

Relating to twins derived from two separate zygotes, that is, bearing the same genetic relationship as full sibs but sharing a common intrauterine environment.

[G. di-, two, + zygotos, yoked together]

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dizygotic

(dī′zī-gŏt′ĭk) or

dizygous

(dī-zī′gəs)

adj.

Derived from two separately fertilized eggs. Used especially of fraternal twins.

di·zy·got·ic

, dizygous (dī-zī-got'ik, dī-zī'gŭs)

Relating to twins derived from two zygotes but sharing a common intrauterine environment.

[G. di-, two, + zygotos, yoked together]

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dizygotic

Derived from two separately fertilized eggs (ova). The term is used especially to refer to non-identical twins. Distinguished from monozygotic twins, who are derived from a single fertilized ovum and are identical.

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References in periodicals archive ?

To the best of our knowledge, there have been no previously reported cases of dizygotic twins concordant for both CHD and DS.

In Utero Diagnoses of Strikingly Similar Presentations of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defects in a Pair of Dizygotic Twins Concordant for Trisomy 21

Preferential use of the upper limb is important in genetic theories of asymmetry, because of the distinction between monozygotic twins, which are actually genetically identical, and dizygotic twins, who share on average 50% of genes.

Laterality-determinant factors and influences

More than half of monozygotic multiple births are monochorionic, which may lead to a greater risk of adverse outcomes than for dizygotic multiple births (Vaag and Poulsen 2007).

Early-life exposures and early-onset uterine leiomyomata in black women m the sister study

A genetic and environmental analysis of the vocational interests of monozygotic and dizygotic twins reared apart.

Third, data from twin studies show significantly greater concordance in myopia rates among monozygotic compared to dizygotic twins.21 Finally, genetic studies have identified several loci for certain pathological variants of myopia22.

Frequency and underlying factors of myopia among medical students

(64) Nichols conducted a metaanalysis of the twin literature, and averaged all of the correlations; he found that the DT scores of monozygotic twins were correlated at .11 more than those of dizygotic twins, which was not statistically significant--and this was the smallest difference of all measures studied, smaller than general intelligence, memory, verbal fluency, and many other measures.

The Western cultural model of creativity: its influence on intellectual property law

"Our study provides evidence that the rate of concordance in dizygotic twins may have been seriously underestimated in previous studies, and the influence of genetic factors on the susceptibility to develop autism overestimated.

Environment may top heredity in development of autism

There is a strong genetic tendency, 75 per cent of monozygotic twins are concordant for the disease, compared to 10 per cent of dizygotic twins; 10 per cent of first degree family relatives of an index patient have celiac disease8.

Celiac disease: can we avert the impending epidemic in India?

Thus, although twin study data support a significant role for genetics in the etiology of sexual orientation (concordance rates for dizygotic twins--who share 50% of their genes on average--were 22% for men and 16% for women), they also clearly indicate that factors other than genes are at play.

Sex, science, and social work

(1-3) Suggestions of a genetic association include studies that have revealed that the concordance of clubfoot is about 33% for monozygotic twins versus only 3% for dizygotic twins.

Incidence of clubfoot in Uganda

With time it became clear that this second sculpture court was in fact laid out as a mirror image of the first; each sculpture in the first room had a dizygotic twin in the second that had been placed in a bilaterally symmetrical relation to the implied seam bisecting the gallery.

Dike Blair: WEATHERSPOON ART MUSEUM GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

* Similarity: members of a population can fall into one of the two similar pairs; for example, twins can be either dizygotic (fraternal or nonidentical) or monozygotic (identical).