TwinsUK and BGI to Study Epigenetics of 5,000 Twins under $30M Project
September 07, 2010
TwinsUK and BGI to Study Epigenetics of 5,000 Twins under $30M Project
The researchers plan to compare differences in methylation patterns of 20 million CpG islands between pairs of twins. The aim is to find differences that explain why many identical twins do not develop the same diseases.
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