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Articles on Twins
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Just because identical twins have exactly the same DNA, doesn’t mean they will have the same physical features.
A set of twins in Vietnam have been found to have different fathers.
A new study has found that having perseverance and long-term goals won’t boost a child’s exam results.
Children who tend to do well in one subject tend to do well in others, largely for genetic reasons.
Being bitten by mosquitoes may not be pleasant but they’re after your unique microbial fingerprint.
Study finds identical twins more likely to vote the same way – unless they back the Lib Dems.
DNA profiling is a powerful tool, but being faced with identical DNA from identical genes has been a problem - until now.
The idea that children can inherit the ability to get good results at school can spark heated debate. But, put simply, all this means is that children differ in how easy and enjoyable they find learning…
We live in the age of the genome. Hardly a week goes by without a story about how genes influence our health or behaviour. There has been recent excitement around new advances in the genetics of schizophrenia…
I disliked and feared maths for most of my school career and dropped it as soon as I possibly could. My mother recalls me crying as a five-year-old because: “I can’t do the people-on-the-bus sums”. If…
Hugo and Ross Turner are a pair of intrepid twins currently on an expedition to Greenland. One of them, Ross, is using the same style of equipment and facilities used by Ernest Shackleton 100 years ago…
Health professionals and parents appear to disagree about what determines children’s food preferences. While the former often take the view that healthy foods and the absence of “junk food” in the home…
There is a common misconception that genes are deterministic and that human potential is fixed at birth. This could not be further from the truth. We, as behavioural geneticists, see no evidence whatsoever…
Identical twins are nearly twice as likely to both faint compared to non identical twins. A study has revealed that the complex…
Women pregnant with twins should give birth at 37 weeks to avoid complications, according to new research. Thirty-seven weeks…
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