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Studies on Twins IV. Twinning in Madhya Pradesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

H. K. Goswami
H. K. Goswami*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Government Science College, Gwalior, M. P., India
*
c/o Shri L. K. Goswami, Retired Judge, Datia, M.P., India

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The high rate of twinning in rural areas is suggested to be due to higher coefficient of inbreeding, better physical conditions of mothers on the countryside and higher mean birth order. Family data indicate the frequent role of maternal genotype in DZ twinning.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 1970 , pp. 465 - 471
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1970

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