Monozygotic twins of different apparent sex

Am J Med Genet. 1994 Oct 15;53(1):52-5. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320530111.

Abstract

We report on twins of unlike sex who shared a 45,X/46,X,+mar karyotype. The mar chromosome was found to be Yq- by DNA analysis. Marker studies, including 8 VNTR loci, yielded a probability of monozygosity of 0.99999996.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diseases in Twins / genetics*
  • Disorders of Sex Development / genetics*
  • Dwarfism / genetics
  • Genetic Markers
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Minisatellite Repeats
  • Mosaicism
  • Phenotype
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations / genetics*
  • Sex Differentiation / genetics
  • Twins, Monozygotic / genetics*
  • Y Chromosome*

Substances

  • Genetic Markers