"Twins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother. Twins are either monozygotic (TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (TWINS, DIZYGOTIC).
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D014427
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Echternkamp SE, Aad PY, Eborn DR, Spicer LJ. Increased abundance of aromatase and follicle stimulating hormone receptor mRNA and decreased insulin-like growth factor-2 receptor mRNA in small ovarian follicles of cattle selected for twin births. J Anim Sci. 2012 Jul; 90(7):2193-200.
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Echternkamp SE, Roberts AJ, Lunstra DD, Wise T, Spicer LJ. Ovarian follicular development in cattle selected for twin ovulations and births. J Anim Sci. 2004 Feb; 82(2):459-71.
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Rodgers JL, Kohler HP, Kyvik KO, Christensen K. Behavior genetic modeling of human fertility: findings from a contemporary Danish Twin Study. Demography. 2001 Feb; 38(1):29-42.
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Echternkamp SE, Spicer LJ, Gregory KE, Canning SF, Hammond JM. Concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I in blood and ovarian follicular fluid of cattle selected for twins. Biol Reprod. 1990 Jul; 43(1):8-14.