dizygous

ADJECTIVE
  1. derived from two separately fertilized eggs
    dizygotic twins
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How To Use dizygous In A Sentence

  • The zygote is dizygous, meaning two different eggs were fertilized by two different sperm.
  • The concordance rate for diabetes was substantially higher in monozygous twins (0.73) than in dizygous twins and siblings with CF (0.18; The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue
  • The incidence of multiple births increases with the age of the mother but distinctly more so for dizygous rather than for monozygous twins and more so still for triplets.
  • If genetic factors are important, concordance in monozygous twins, who are 100-percent genetically identical, will be greater than in dizygous twins, who are only 50-percent genetically identical.
  • Monozygous and dizygous twins are difficult to distinguish at birth - finger prints and blood proteins are used.
  • The incidence of multiple births increases with the age of the mother but distinctly more so for dizygous rather than for monozygous twins and more so still for triplets.
  • The increased concordance in dizygous twins over full siblings shows that the in utero environment is important.
  • If genetic factors are important, concordance in monozygous twins, who are 100-percent genetically identical, will be greater than in dizygous twins, who are only 50-percent genetically identical.
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