monozygotic twins

monozygotic twins

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monozygous twins two individuals developed from one zygote that divided into two embryos at an early stage (usually during the first eight days); the twins therefore have identical genomes. Called also enzygotic, identical, mono-ovular, monovular, similar, true, and uniovular t's.

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  • monozygotic twins — plural noun Twins developed from a single zygote, identical twins • • • Main Entry: ↑monozygotic …   Useful english dictionary

  • monozygotic twins — monozygotic twins. См. монозиготные близнецы. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • monozygotic twins — see twins …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • twins — pl. n. two individuals who are born at the same time and of the same parents. Fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are the result of the simultaneous fertilization of two egg cells; they may be of different sexes and are no more alike than ordinary… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • monozygotic — mono·zy·got·ic .män ə zī gät ik adj derived from a single egg <monozygotic twins> mono·zy·gos·i·ty gäs ət ē n, pl ties * * * mono·zy·got·ic (mon″o zi gotґik) pertaining to or derived from a single zygote, as monozygotic twins …   Medical dictionary

  • twins — pl. n. two individuals who are born at the same time and of the same parents. Fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are the result of the simultaneous fertilization of two egg cells; they may be of different sexes and are no more alike than ordinary… …   Medical dictionary

  • monozygotic — adjective Date: 1916 derived from a single egg < monozygotic twins > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • monozygotic — adjective derived from a single fertilized egg monozygotic twins • Pertains to noun: ↑zygotic …   Useful english dictionary

  • monozygotic — [mä΄nə zī′gəsmä΄nō zī gät′ik] adj. of or from one fertilized egg, as identical twins: also monozygous [mä΄nə zī′gəs] …   English World dictionary

  • Близнецы Монозиготные (Monozygotic Twins) — см. Близнецы. Источник: Медицинский словарь …   Медицинские термины

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