dizygotic

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DZ
Pronunciation
/ˌdaɪzaɪˈɡɒtɪk/
Category
Medical
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. A trait or disease is called heritable if monozygotic twins are more similar to each other than dizygotic(DZ) twins.
  2. Dizygotic twins arise from two separate eggs fertilized by two spermatozoa.
  3. In humans, blood group chimeras result from exchange of hematopoietic stem cells by dizygotic(DZ) twins in utero;
  4. Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic(DZ).
  5. Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic(DZ). Monozygotic twins, on the other hand, arise from the same fertilized egg.

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