Maternal height and twinning

G Corney; D Seedburgh; B Thompson; D M Campbell; I MacGillivray; D Timlin

doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.1979.tb01548.x

Maternal height and twinning

Ann Hum Genet. 1979 Jul;43(1):55-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1979.tb01548.x.

Authors

G Corney, D Seedburgh, B Thompson, D M Campbell, I MacGillivray, D Timlin

PMID: 496394
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1979.tb01548.x

Abstract

Data on maternal height are presented for 307 pairs of newborn twins of known zygosity from Oxford and 267 pairs from Aberdeen and north-east Scotland. The results support the hypothesis that mothers of DZ twins are taller than those of MZ twins. Mothers of MZ twins resemble mothers of singletons in height, whereas mothers of DZ twins are taller.

MeSH terms

Body Height*
England
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Multiple*
Scotland
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic