title: The use of microsatellites in zygosity diagnosis of twins.
abstract: Although numerous genetic and anthropological markers are available for determining zygosity of twins, there is still a need for a more practical and informative method in zygosity diagnosis. Dinucleotide repeats or other short repeats (microsatellites) are highly variable between individuals and offer a simple, fast, cheap, and exact approach for zygosity determination. The feasibility of a set of microsatellites to be used for this purpose is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Institutes of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Nöthen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stratmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fimmers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franzek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Propping
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D015342:DNA Probes; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004276:DNA, Satellite