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Twins, Conjoined

Known as: twins siamese, Siamese Twins, conjoining twins 
MONOZYGOTIC TWINS who are joined in utero. They may be well developed and share only a superficial connection, often in the frontal, transverse or… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Simultaneously Increasing the Ductility and Strength of Ultra‐Fine‐Grained Pure Copper
Bulk ultra-fine-grained (UFG) materials produced by severe plastic deformation (SPD) usually have high strength but relatively… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
A twin-pronged attack on complex traits
Before one starts the hunt for quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for a complex trait it is necessary to show that the trait is… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The heritability of body mass index among an international sample of monozygotic twins reared apart.
BACKGROUND Published heritability estimates (h2) for body mass index (BMI) range from as low as 0.05 to as high as 0.90. The… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A twin study of competence and problem behavior in childhood and early adolescence.
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was completed by parents of 181 pairs of same-sex twins ages 7-15 (mean age = 11.0 years… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Evidence for extrathymic changes in the T cell receptor gamma/delta repertoire
The germline repertoire of variable genes for the TCR-gamma/delta is limited. This, together with the availability of several V… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Perinatal outcome of forty-nine pregnancies complicated by acardiac twinning.
Review
1983
Review
1983
The Louisville Twin Study: developmental synchronies in behavior.
The Louisville Twin Study includes nearly 500 pairs of twins and their siblings who have participated in a longitudinal study of… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Overview: a current perspective on twin studies of schizophrenia.
The author reviews the results of twin studies of schizophrenia from the perspective of recent advances in our understanding of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Marrow transplantation for acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia in first remission.
MARROW transplantation provides the opportunity for aggressive antileukemic therapy without regard to marrow toxicity.1 We have… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Monozygotic twinning and structural defects.
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