title: Twin Legacies: Victor and Vincent McKusick/Twin Studies: Twinning Rates I; Twinning Rates II; MZ Twin Discordance for Russell-Silver Syndrome; Twins' Language Skills/Headlines: Babies Born to Identical Twin Couples; Identity Exchange; Death of Princess Ashraf (Twin); Yahoo CEO Delivers Identical Twins.
abstract: The lives of the illustrious monozygotic (MZ) twins, Victor A. and Vincent L. McKusick, are described. Victor earned the distinction as the 'Father of Medical Genetics', while Vincent was a legendary Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court. This dual biographical account is followed by two timely reports of twinning rates, a study of MZ twin discordance for Russell-Silver Syndrome (RSS) and a study of twins' language skills. Twin stories in the news include babies born to identical twin couples, a case of switched identity, the death of Princess Ashraf (Twin) and a new mother of twins who is also Yahoo's CEO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,California State University,Fullerton,CA,USA.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*