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Epigenetics Reveals Unexpected, and Some Identical, Results

2009-06-19 Author:Tina Hesman Saey Source:The Twins Foundation

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Scientists have long suspected that differences in epigenetic marks shaped by environmental cues could account for why identical twins don't look, behave or get sick exactly alike despite having identical genetic makeups. But no one had mapped out all the places, if any, where epigenetic marks differ between twins.

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