title: Highlights from the 15th International Congress of Twin Studies/Twin Research: Differentiating MZ Co-twins Via SNPs; Mistaken Infant Twin-Singleton Hospital Registration; Narcolepsy With Cataplexy; Hearing Loss and Language Learning/Media Mentions: Broadway Musical Recalls Conjoined Hilton Twins; High Fashion Pair; Twins Turn 102; Insights From a Conjoined Twin Survivor.
abstract: Highlights from the 15th International Congress of Twin Studies are presented. The congress was held November 16-19, 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. This report is followed by summaries of research addressing the differentiation of MZ co-twins by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), an unusual error in infant twin-singleton hospital registration, twins with childhood-onset narcolepsy with cataplexy, and the parenting effects of hearing loss in one co-twin. Media interest in twins covers a new Broadway musical based on the conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, male twins becoming famous in fashion, twins who turned 102 and unique insights from a conjoined twin survivor. This article is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth (Liz) Hamel, DZA twin who met her co-twin for the first time at age seventy-eight years. Liz and her co-twin, Ann Hunt, are listed in the 2015 Guinness Book of Records as the longest separated twins in the world.
authors: Department of Psychology,California State University,Fullerton,CA,USA.
authors: Nancy L
authors: NL
authors: Segal
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002385:Cataplexy / Q000235:genetics; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000523:psychology; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics; D014705:Verbal Behavior