title: A method for differentiating between monozygotic and dizygotic twins.
abstract: It has become possible to accurately differentiate monozygotic from dizygotic twins. In this study DNA fingerprinting was performed with new mini-satellite DNA as a probe. Identical DNA fingerprints from each twin indicate a monozygotic relationship and different fingerprints indicate a dizygotic relationship. In a case of dizygotic twins, the DNA fingerprints digested with HinfI indicated a monozygotic relationship, whereas the DNA fingerprints digested with MboI showed a dizygotic relationship.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Niigata University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping / Q000379:methods; D014427:Twins / Q000235:genetics*; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D004247:DNA