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Twins Bridgette and Paula Powers have gone viral for the way they speak in unison, using the same gestures and words.
An allergic reaction happens when your immune system overreacts to something that should be harmless. Whether that happens can be thanks to your genes, your environment or a combination.
Social drivers are at the heart of this trend.
Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 million years ago, giving birth to twins was the norm.
As a clinical psychologist specialising in twins, this is is one of the most frequent questions I am asked.
The new Netflix documentary follows identical twins as they adopt different diets. This is a great example of a twin study – a uniquely useful research tool in science.
Children born through international surrogacy aren’t protected by Australian laws.
Animals often give birth to litters of more than one offspring at a time. But are those babies twins?
Genes and environments almost always combine to influence our risk of diseases. Research in twins has helped us understand how.
Our study looked at both identical and non-identical sets of twins. We found that how sensitive you are is actually inherited genetically.
While identical twins are seen more as an accidental splitting of a single egg, there could be a good reason mothers produce non-identical twins from two separate eggs.
Interestingly, there are more non-identical twins in Australia now than there have been before. The number of twin pregnancies has grown over the past 30 years.
Semi-identical or sesquizygotic twins occur when two sperm fertilise one egg. A boy and a girl in Brisbane are only the second set of semi-identical twins known in the world.
New research is pinpointing how much genes influence the stability of educational achievement.
Our genes are important when it comes to aptitude for sleeping soundly.
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A podcast on twins, including why stereotypes about their relationship are so damaging, and why they are so useful to scientists.
Can you blame bad teeth on your genes? Here’s why the answer is not as simple as you might think.
Research finds genes account for 50% of differences in social mobility.
Successfully separating conjoined twins is a complex operation that depends on how they are joined as well as the experience and skill of the surgical team.
Top contributors
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Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London
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Deputy Director, Twins Research Australia & Professor in Genetics and Cell Biology, Deakin University
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Professor of Psychology in Education, University of York
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Professor of Child and Family Psychology, University of Sussex
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Senior Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL
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Emeritus Professor, University of New England
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Reader / Associate Professor in Reproductive Science, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Population Health Science, University of Dundee
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Research Fellow at Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, King's College London
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Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Director, Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Centre, University of Colorado Boulder
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Reader in Ageing Research, King's College London
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King's College London
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Vice-Chancellor's GTA in Philosophy, University of Kent
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Reader in Behavioural Genetics, University of Bristol