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Non-shared environmental influences individualize family members, and can therefore be estimated by examining the associations between monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs; if there is not a perfect correlation between MZ twins, it can be assumed that non-shared environmental influence are playing a role.

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adjective Derived from a single fertilized ovum or embryonic cell mass. Used especially of identical twins.

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CNV mosaicism has been demonstrated in blood samples in monozygotic twins — PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
If we are to discuss the issue of homosexuality as a natural variance then we must include the research undertaken by Professor King (1992) and others into monozygotic (identical) twins. — Anglican Mainstream
If monozygotic twins share 100\% of genes we should see a 100\% concordance if homosexuality is genetic, yet we do not. — Anglican Mainstream
Using 3D brain MR images from 10 monozygotic twin pairs, we defined a tensor-based distance in the log-Euclidean framework [1] between each image pair in the study. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
Non-shared environmental influences individualize family members, and can therefore be estimated by examining the associations between monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs; if there is not a perfect correlation between MZ twins, it can be assumed that non-shared environmental influence are playing a role. — PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories