Circulating steroids, including sex hormones, can affect cardiac development and function.
In mammals, steroid sulfatase (STS) is the enzyme solely responsible for cleaving sulfate …

A six-fold increase in congenital heart defects (CHD) exists among monochorionic (MC)
twins compared to singleton or dichorionic twin pregnancies. Though MC twins share an …

Monozygotic (MZ) twins are widely regarded as genetically identical, and traditional DNA
typing methods are insufficient in identifying MZ twins. So the discrimination of MZ twins …

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defect in human with an
incidence of almost 1% of all live births. Most cases have a multifactorial origin with both …

Introduction Personal identification of monozygotic twins (MZT) has been challenging in
forensic genetics. Previous research has demonstrated that microbial markers have …

The objective of this study was to understand and measure epigenetic changes associated
with the occurrence of CHDs by utilizing the discordant monozygotic twin model. A unique …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of ankyloglossia in diamniotic monochorionic and
diamniotic dichorionic twins, as well as to verify the relationship between gender and type of …

Objective Coronary artery fistula, defined as communication between a coronary artery and
a great vessel or a cardiac chamber, is a relatively rare anomaly with an estimated incidence …

Background Congenital tricuspid valve malformations are known to occur, but tricuspid valve
malformations associated with twins are rarely reported. We report this case from the point of …

基于有限突变模型和大规模数据的19 个常染色体STR 的实际突变率研究 Page 1 Hereditas (Beijing)
2021 年10 月, 43(10): 949―961 www.chinagene.cn 收稿日期: 2021-06-02; 修回日期: 2021-08-18 …