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  • Title: Handedness in twins according to zygosity and chorion type: a preliminary report.
    Author: Derom C, Thiery E, Vlietinck R, Loos R, Derom R.
    Journal: Behav Genet; 1996 Jul; 26(4):407-8. PubMed ID: 8771900.
    Abstract:
    In the course of the East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS), handedness was assessed as part of a genealogical study (Meulemans et al., 1995) in 1616 twins (808 twin pairs) aged 6 to 28. Our findings are that, in this large population-based study with known placentation and zygosity, the often observed higher frequency of left-handedness in twins is confirmed, that it appears to be independent of zygosity and chorion type, and that the belief that discordant handedness in monozygotic twins represents mirror-imaging is mythical.
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