Segal Nancy L
Department of Psychology,California State University,Fullerton,CA,USA.
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2016 Apr;19(2):158-62. doi: 10.1017/thg.2016.7. Epub 2016 Mar 3.
The lives of the illustrious monozygotic (MZ) twins, Victor A. and Vincent L. McKusick, are described. Victor earned the distinction as the 'Father of Medical Genetics', while Vincent was a legendary Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court. This dual biographical account is followed by two timely reports of twinning rates, a study of MZ twin discordance for Russell-Silver Syndrome (RSS) and a study of twins' language skills. Twin stories in the news include babies born to identical twin couples, a case of switched identity, the death of Princess Ashraf (Twin) and a new mother of twins who is also Yahoo's CEO.
本文讲述了杰出的同卵双胞胎维克多·A·麦库西克(Victor A. McKusick)和文森特·L·麦库西克(Vincent L. McKusick)的生平。维克多被誉为“医学遗传学之父”,而文森特则是缅因州最高法院传奇首席大法官。在这篇双传之后,紧接着是两篇关于双胞胎出生率的及时报道、一项关于罗素 - 西尔弗综合征(Russell-Silver Syndrome,RSS)同卵双胞胎不一致性的研究以及一项关于双胞胎语言能力的研究。新闻中的双胞胎故事包括同卵双胞胎夫妇所生的婴儿、身份互换事件、阿什拉夫公主(双胞胎之一)的去世以及一位同时也是雅虎首席执行官的双胞胎新生儿母亲。