Phenotypically Concordant and Discordant Monozygotic Twins Display Different DNA Copy-Number-Variation Profiles

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Copy-number variationGeneticsVariation (astronomy)BiologyMonozygotic twinCopy number analysisGeneGenome

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 82
Issue: 3
Pages: 763-771
Citations: 591
Access: Closed

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                                    Carl E.G. Bruder, 
                                
                                    Arkadiusz Piotrowski, 
                                
                                    Antoinet A.C.J. Gijsbers
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Phenotypically Concordant and Discordant Monozygotic Twins Display Different DNA Copy-Number-Variation Profiles. 
                            The American Journal of Human Genetics
                            , 82
                            (3)
                            , 763-771.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.12.011
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.12.011