Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2021 Apr;24(2):140-144. doi: 10.1017/thg.2021.8. Epub 2021 Mar 19.
Research into the origins of twinning has focused mostly on contributions from the female side of the family. A review of current findings suggests that possible male contributions to twinning events have been overlooked. This section is followed by brief reviews of twin research concerning monozygotic twins discordant for Parkinson's disease, fetal loss in twin pregnancies following prenatal diagnosis, uterine rupture and repair in an early twin pregnancy and a twin study of affectionate communication. The concluding portion of this article presents human interest stories involving twins that are both informative and poignant, namely conjoined twins in a triplet set, identical twin nurses who delivered identical twins, identical twins discordant for COVID-19 recovery course, identical twins who passed away from COVID-19 and archeological finds of the oldest identical twins.
关于双胞胎起源的研究主要集中在家族女性一方的贡献上。对现有研究结果的回顾表明,男性在双胞胎事件中的可能贡献被忽视了。本节后面是对双胞胎研究的简要回顾,涉及帕金森病不一致的单卵双胞胎、产前诊断后双胞胎妊娠的胎儿丢失、早期双胞胎妊娠中的子宫破裂和修复,以及关于亲切交流的双胞胎研究。本文的结论部分介绍了一些涉及双胞胎的有趣故事,既有教育意义,又令人心酸,即三胞胎中的联体双胞胎、分娩了一对双胞胎的同卵双胞胎护士、COVID-19 康复过程不一致的同卵双胞胎、死于 COVID-19 的同卵双胞胎,以及考古发现的最古老的同卵双胞胎。