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Homosexuality in female monozygotic twins

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Monozygotic female twins concordant for homosexuality reveal a normal karyotype number and two X chromosomes with some variation in size.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

    Muriel Wilson Perkins

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Perkins, M.W. Homosexuality in female monozygotic twins. Behav Genet 3, 387–388 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01070221

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