Despite making up just one percent of the population, twins have had a profound impact throughout history, giving researchers new insights into how different lifestyles and conditions can affect two people with the same genetic blueprint
But for geneticists, twin births are something to celebrate. Twins provide a trove of biological information that scientists cannot get anywhere else. They’re valuable in helping scientists understand diseases and other conditions, including eating disorders, obesity, sexual orientation, and various psychological traits.two people with the same genetic blueprint
Twins from around the world converge on Twinsburg, Ohio every year to celebrate their twin-ness. The Twins Days festival was started in 1976. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.That’s why twins often find themselves on the front lines of the nature-nurture debate. For decades people have argued about whether genes or the environment have more of an impact on who we are. Twin studies give us a clue. Ishare 99.99 percent of their DNA.
No, Scott didn’t turn into an extraterrestrial. Instead, the stress of living in space for so long had changed the way his genes worked—at least for a while. Since Scott and Mark share essentially the same DNA, scientists compared the men’s genes before and after Scott’s journey. Among other things, researchers wanted to know whether radiation would damage sections of DNA found at the end of every chromosome—so-called telomeres.
Though his gene expressions changed, his DNA did not. Moreover, that Scott and Mark are no longer “identical” didn’t come as a surprise. At the most basic sequence level, chemical changes can occur over time, affecting where and how genes are expressed, even in identical earthbound twins. In reality, Mark and Scott Kelly haven’t been “identical” for years.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
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