Do Males Affect Twinning Events? A Review of Current Findings/Twin Research Reviews: Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Parkinson's Disease; Fetal Loss in Twin Pregnancies Following Prenatal Diagnosis; Uterine Rupture and Repair in an Early Twin Pregnancy; Twin Study of Affectionate Communication/Human Interest: Conjoined Twins in a Triplet Set; Identical Twin Nurses Deliver Identical Twins; Identical Twins Discordant for COVID-19 Recovery Course; Identical Twins Pass Away from COVID-19; Archeological Finds of Oldest Identical Twins.

• 影响指数: 2.47
• 发表时间: 04 2021
• 来源期刊: Twin Res Hum Genet
• DOI: 10.1017/thg.2021.8
• PMID: 33736741
• 文章类型: Journal Article
• 中科院分区: Q4
• 方向: 医学
• 作者列表: Segal NL

Mesh: COVID-19; Communication; Female; Fetal Death; Humans; Male; Nurses; Parkinson Disease / genetics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Twin; Prenatal Diagnosis; Twin Studies as Topic; Twins, Conjoined; Twins, Monozygotic / genetics; Uterine Rupture

Abstract

Research into the origins of twinning has focused mostly on contributions from the female side of the family. A review of current findings suggests that possible male contributions to twinning events have been overlooked. This section is followed by brief reviews of twin research concerning monozygotic twins discordant for Parkinson\'s disease, fetal loss in twin pregnancies following prenatal diagnosis, uterine rupture and repair in an early twin pregnancy and a twin study of affectionate communication. The concluding portion of this article presents human interest stories involving twins that are both informative and poignant, namely conjoined twins in a triplet set, identical twin nurses who delivered identical twins, identical twins discordant for COVID-19 recovery course, identical twins who passed away from COVID-19 and archeological finds of the oldest identical twins.