Biology A-Level
monozygotic twins
What monozygotic twins means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of monozygotic twins
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The exception to a vanishingly improbable match at every locus, because their DNA is identical.
Topics that use monozygotic twins
- Genetic fingerprinting (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- DNA hybridisation
- gel electrophoresis
- PCR amplification
- preventing inbreeding
- restriction endonucleases and Southern blotting
- variable number tandem repeats
- VNTR amplification
- forensic comparison
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