The Rare Sides of Twin Research: Important to Remember/Twin Research Reviews: Representation of Self-Image; Twins With Kleine-Levin Syndrome; Heteropaternal Lemur Twins; Risk of Dental Caries/In the Media: High-Society Models; 'Winkelevii' Super Bowl Twins; Multiple Birth × Three; Twin Sister Surrogate; A Presidential Twin?
Dionne quintuplets
Josef Mengele
accidental castration
conjoined twins
Journal
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies
ISSN: 1832-4274
Titre abrégé: Twin Res Hum Genet
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101244624
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2019
10 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
15
10
2019
medline:
6
6
2020
entrez:
15
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This article explores some rare sides of twin research. The focus of this article is the sad plight of the Dionne quintuplets, born in Canada in 1934. However, several other studies belong in this category, such as Dr Josef Mengele's horrifying twin research conducted at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Dr John Money's misguided attempt to turn an accidentally castrated male twin into a female, Russian scientists' cruel medical study of conjoined female twins and Dr Peter Neubauer's secret project that tracked the development of separated twins. Reviews of current twin research span twins' representation of self-image, twins with Kleine-Levin Syndrome, heteropaternal twinning in lemurs and factors affecting risk of dental caries. Media coverage includes a pair of high-society models, a book about the 'Winkelevii' twins, Super Bowl twin teammates, a family with three sets of fraternal twins, a twin sister surrogate and a near presidential twin.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31608853
pii: S1832427419000847
doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.84
doi:
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM