Metastable epialleles may sound like complex science, but they help explain why identical animals can still look and act differently. For years, scientists asked why two mice with identical DNA could ...

Doctors sometimes err in their diagnosis of twins’ zygosity (twin type). However, it is very important for twins and their families to know if twins are identical or fraternal. Among the many reasons ...

It was my third pregnancy, and when my bump grew faster, I assumed it was because I had done this before. It turned out I was pregnant with twins. They refused to take a DNA test now as adults to find ...

Identical, or monozygotic, twins develop from the same fertilized egg that splits into two. These twins are the same sex and share the same genes. Sometimes called paternal twins, identical twins ...

Epigenetics refer to DNA modifications that may affect phenotype but don’t alter the nucleotide sequence itself. Epigenetic changes can often be passed down generations, hence the Greek prefix “epi”, ...

These mice were genetically identical, so any differences in methylation had to come from epigenetic factors. Global DNA study identifies 175,000+ variants affecting human diversity and disease risk ...