title: IBD sharing around the PPARG locus is not increased in dizygotic twins or their mothers.
abstract: Busjahn et al reported finding linkage between PPARG (3p25) and being a dizygotic (DZ) twin. We differentiate, as do the authors, between the conception of DZ twins, and being the viable result of such a conception.
authors.affiliation: The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Treloar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Birley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boomsma
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beem
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Geus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Slagboom
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knighton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000235:genetics; D001249:Asthma / Q000235:genetics; D001315:Australia; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009035:Mothers; D009426:Netherlands; D009506:Nevus / Q000235:genetics; D009520:New Zealand; D009679:Nuclear Family; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors