Monozygotic twins, also known as monovular twins, share an identical genetic heritage
because they are two individuals who derive from the same zygote. For this reason, they …

Monozygotic (MZ) twins are considered being genetically identical, therefore they cannot be
differentiated using standard forensic DNA testing. Here we describe how identification of …

Monozygotic twins arise from a single fertilized egg and, thus, for practical purposes are
genetically identical. Therefore, in cases where one of the identical twins is associated with …

Monozygotic (MZ) twins are theoretically genetically identical. Although they are revealed to
accumulate mutations after the zygote splits, discriminating between twin genomes remains …

Background Monozygotic (MZ) twins, considered genetically identical, cannot be
distinguished using regular short tandem repeats (STR) typing, thus presenting a challenge …

In 2012, a thought experiment in this journal suggested that paternity cases involving
monozygotic (MZ) twins as putative fathers could be solved by means of whole genome …

Individual identification plays an import role in the practice of forensic medicine, and often
provides crucial evidence for the analysis and detection of criminal cases. However, for …

Differentiating between monozygotic (MZ) twins remains difficult because they have the
same genetic makeup. Applying the traditional STR genotyping approach cannot …

Recently, a first direct estimate of the single base-pair substitution rate in the human
germline was derived from genome-wide DNA sequence data. This result has shed new …

Monozygotic (MZ) twins, considered being genetically identical, cannot be distinguished one
from another by forensic short tandem repeat (STR) profiling. The high mutation rate of the …