title: Maternal height and twinning.
abstract: Data on maternal height are presented for 307 pairs of newborn twins of known zygosity from Oxford and 267 pairs from Aberdeen and north-east Scotland. The results support the hypothesis that mothers of DZ twins are taller than those of MZ twins. Mothers of MZ twins resemble mothers of singletons in height, whereas mothers of DZ twins are taller.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012606:Scotland; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic