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Maternal factors in dizygotic twinning: evidence from interracial crosses

M.J. Khoury United States Department of Health and Human Services, Birth Defects Branch, Chronic Diseases Division, Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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J.D. Erickson United States Department of Health and Human Services, Birth Defects Branch, Chronic Diseases Division, Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, Georgia
Pages 409-415 | Received 30 Jun 1982, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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