[DNA profiling as a method of zygosity determination in multiple pregnancy]

Ginekol Pol. 2016;87(3):222-5. doi: 10.17772/gp/61989.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

The aim of the report was to present a method of zygosity determination in multiple pregnancy. The study wascarried out on same-sex neonates born as a result of spontaneous quadruplet pregnancy. Zygosity was determinedby DNA profiling. The pregnancy was confirmed to be polyzygotic. DNA profiling may be used as a method ofzygosity determination in multiple pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • DNA Fingerprinting / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Multiple / genetics*
  • Quadruplets / genetics*
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Zygote*