Twin olympians: The hard science and the lives behind it / research summaries: Twin study of cardiometabolic risk factors; Postnatal brain maturation; Parental responses to rearing triplets; Chimaeric twins / general interest: Lone soccer twin; Identical triplet birth; Life and work of twin Geoffrey D.Langlands; The lone twin

摘要

A look at scientific studies of sports performance is informative in view of the 2012 Olympic games in London.The athletic life histories of selected twin competitors supplement the scientific data.Reviews of recent twin studies concerning cardiometabolic risk factors, postnatal brain maturation, parental responses to rearing triplets, and the birth of an unusual chimaeric twin pair are presented.General interest items include the separate careers of twin soccer players, an unexpected identical triplet birth, the interesting life of twin Geoffrey D.Langlands, and the Lone Twin Boat Project.