From Romulus and Remus—the myth of the twin brothers who founded the city of Rome—to the synchronized speech of Australia's ...

Different experiences in the womb Although they share a womb, identical twins often experience it differently. One might have better access to nutrients or more room to grow. Doctors have found ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition in which amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles accumulate in the brain. In addition to genetic factors, DNA damage and epigenetic ...

Epigenetics is the structural modification of chromosomal areas to record, signal, or maintain changed activity levels. Since the word "epi" means "above," epigenetics literally means "above ...

Epigenome-wide association study of systemic effects of obesity susceptibility in human twins. Epigenetics, 2023; 18 (1) DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2023.2268834 ...

The study focused on twins to help eliminate the role of genetics and instead focus on epigenetics, molecular processes which are separate from DNA but influence how genes are expressed.

Conjoined twins Marieme and Ndeye Ndiaye seem to be as similar as any two people can be, physically and genetically, but to their dad, Ibrahima Ndiaye, says the 6-year-oldscouldn't be more different.

The collected and analysed biological test data indicated that the more active twins had epigenetic marks linked to lowered metabolic syndrome (which relates to heart disease, stroke and type 2 ...

1 of 3 | More active twins had epigenetic markers that were linked to lowered metabolic syndrome, a condition that can lead to heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes, a recent study found.

Most identical twins tend to develop different health problems as they age, even though their genome was the same at birth. Epigenetic factors may explain why that happens, Skinner suggested. "If ...

Looking at the epigenetic variances between these physically discordant identical twin pairs, the researchers found markers on over 50 genes.

Epigenetics may help explain the reason why, said Skinner. "If genetics and DNA sequence were the only driver for biology, then essentially twins should have the same diseases.