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A Discussion of the Zygosity and Asymmetries of Two Pairs of Conjoined Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2016

Norma Ford Walker
Norma Ford Walker*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto and Department of Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children

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Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , March 1952 , pp. 136 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1952

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