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The value of studies in identical (monozygotic) twins lies as much in what they refute as in what they confirm. Thus if a pair of twins resembles each other in respect of a condition that does not prove that the condition is inherited, but if they differ from each other then the condition cannot be inherited.
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Pyke, D.A. (1988). Development of Diabetes in Identical Twins. In: Camerini-Davalos, R.A., Cole, H.S. (eds) Prediabetes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 246. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5616-5_31
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