Smoking and mother's genetics combine to increase likelihood of twins

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 10:01 in Health & Medicine

African American mothers who smoke and have a genetic profile that includes a single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP, of the TP53 gene have an increased likelihood of having twins, concluded a team of researchers.

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