Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming

The mechanisms underlying how monozygotic (or identical) twins arise are yet to be determined. Here, the authors investigate this in an epigenome-wide association study, showing that monozygotic twinning has a characteristic DNA methylation signature in adult somatic tissues.

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Main Authors:	Jenny van Dongen, Scott D. Gordon, Allan F. McRae, Veronika V. Odintsova, Hamdi Mbarek, Charles E. Breeze, Karen Sugden, Sara Lundgren, Juan E. Castillo-Fernandez, Eilis Hannon, Terrie E. Moffitt, Fiona A. Hagenbeek, Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Pei-Chien Tsai, BIOS Consortium, Genetics of DNA Methylation Consortium, Josine L. Min, Gibran Hemani, Erik A. Ehli, Franziska Paul, Claudio D. Stern, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, P. Eline Slagboom, Lucia Daxinger, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Eco J. C. de Geus, Gonneke Willemsen, Grant W. Montgomery, Bruno Reversade, Miina Ollikainen, Jaakko Kaprio, Tim D. Spector, Jordana T. Bell, Jonathan Mill, Avshalom Caspi, Nicholas G. Martin, Dorret I. Boomsma
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:	Science Q
Online Access:	https://doaj.org/article/4deb6641205f44abb1762c5892e3dccd
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Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming

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