Twins Research

Biomedical

relating to how biology affects medicine

Twin

one of two children born at the same time to the same mother

Precious

valuable, cherished, treasured

Untangle

understand or explain something that is mysterious or complicated

Nurture

the education and care that you are given as a child, and the way it affects your later development and attitudes

Identical twin

one of a pair of brothers or sisters born at the same time, who develop from the same egg and look almost exactly alike

Fertilize

to cause an egg or seed to start to develop into a new young animal or plant by joining it with a male cell

Split

divide, break # merge

Virtually

almost, nearly

fraternal

connected with the relationship that exists between brothers

Quantify

count, calculate, measure

Extent

degree, level

Ailment

illness, disease

Vulnerability

the state of being easily affected by something

Be rooted in something

to be based on something or caused by something

Heredity

the process by which mental and physical qualities are passed from a parent to a bchild before the child is born. (here=cling,stick .i.e adhere, coherence)

Pinpoint

identify

Inheritance

money or objects that someone gives you when they die

Crucial

extremely important or necessary

Interplay

relationship, interaction (inter- = among, between, i.e: intersection, international)

Coin the phrase

invent a term

Twist

change

Reunite

bring back together, come together

Carry out

do, implement

Genetic makeup

genetic combination

Statistical

numerical

trait

a particular quality in your personality

Invisible

impossible to see

Radical

fundamental, basic, essential

Elemental

basic, fundamental

Epigenetics

the scientific study of changes in the behaviour of genes that are caused by things that a living thing experiences

Tied

linked, joined, related

Represent

stand for, symbolize

Component

part, factor, element

Immense

extremely large, enormous

Segment

section, part, piece, sector

Trait

characteristic, feature

Determine

decide

Tune

melody

Revolutionize

develop, transform

Reveal

show, display, exhibit # conceal

Mechanism

process, system, operation

Pregnancy

when a woman has a baby growing inside her body

Fetus

a baby or young animal before it is born

Occur

happen

Randomly

unexpectedly = in an unplanned way

Hardwired

if an attitude, way of behaving etc is hard-wired, it is a natural part of a person’s character that they are born with and cannot change

Unalterable

unchangeable, fixed

Surge

sudden and great increase

Trailblazer

pioneer

Mothering

the process of caring for children in the way that a mother does.

Reflective

thinking carefully and quietly

Take our understanding even further

increase our knowledge