title: College-age twins: university admission policies / twin research: birth weight and neuromotor performance; transfusion syndrome markers; vanishing twins and fetal sex determination; mz twin discordance for wilson's disease / media: big at birth; planned separation of conjoined twins; x factor twins; Cinema: the identical.
abstract: There is a lack of research findings addressing the unique college admissions issues faced by twins and other multiples. The advantages and disadvantage twins face, as reported by college administrators, twins and families are reviewed. Next, recent research addressing twins' birth weight and neuromotor performance, transfusion syndrome markers, the vanishing twin syndrome and monozygotic (MZ) twin discordance for Wilson's disease is described. News items concerning the birth of unusually large twins, the planned separation of conjoined twins, twin participants in the X Factor games and a film, The Identical, are also summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,California State University,Fullerton,CA,USA.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D012570:School Admission Criteria / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic; D014427:Twins / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*