Magnetic resonance imaging morphology of the corpus callosum in monozygotic twins
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology
- Vol. 26 (1), 100-104
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410260117
Abstract
Recent reports describe wide variations in the size and shape of the human corpus callosum. To investigate genetic influences on this variability, magnetic resonance images from 5 pairs of monozygotic twins and 10 unrelated control subjects were analyzed. Measurements of size and shape revealed greater similarity in twin pairs than in randomly paired controls. The results are consistent with the view that the anatomy of the corpus callosum, while clearly influenced by nongenetic factors, is under considerable genetic control.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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