female twin
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffemaleandtwin
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female
adjective
uk/ˈfiː.meɪl/us/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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twin
noun[C]
uk/twɪn/us/twɪn/
either of two children born to the same mother on the ...
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(Definition offemaleandtwinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Genetic influences on eating attitudes in a normalfemaletwinpopulation.
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It may be true that parents vary their support depending on whether theirfemaletwinpair is identical or fraternal.
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Even though anorexia does not affect males as often in comparison to females, studies have shown that males with afemaletwinhave a higher chance of getting anorexia.
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There were no twin pairs where both female twins had reports of smoking during pregnancy.
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Participants were 626 pairs of 17-year-old male and female twins from the community.
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Genetic and environmental factors in conduct problems and adult antisocial behavior among adult female twins.
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Perceived support and adjustment to stress in a general population sample of female twins.
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Both models indicated a role for shared environmental factors, with shared environment appearing to be more important for the female twins.
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The parameters for female twins are shown on the right; those for male twins are shown on the left.
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The present investigation involved male twins born between the years 1972-1978, and female twins born between the years 1975-1979.
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The parameters for the female twins are shown on the right; those for male twins on the left.
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The two female twins who were lower in biological risks developed more quickly than their higher risk siblings did.
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