Les frères Souffron (vers 1554-1649). Nouvelles recherches sur deux acteurs majeurs de la création architecturale et urbaine dans les provinces méridionales by Sophie Fradier

“…Putting together the lives, careers and works of two architect-engineer brothers bearing identical names, Pierre I (doc. 1599-†1621/1622) and Pierre II Souffron (1554-†1649), makes up one of the main objectives of this Degree thesis, which has been devised as a twin monograph. …”
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Genetic and Shared-Environment Effects on Stature and Lifespan. A Study of Dutch Birth Cohorts (1785–1920) Based on Genealogies by Jan Kok

“…All kinds of kin are involved in the analysis: (half, full and twin) brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles and cousins. …”
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Central Asia, Euro-centrism and Colonialism by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

“…In the process of such explication, the most important role is allocated to the modern culture, which encouraged the formation of the paradox, represented to us via the paraphrased Soviet aphorism: modernity and coloniality are twin brothers. The initiation of the process of decolonizing the mind within the five republics of the region is possible. …”
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Atresia in the esophagus by Crisanto Abad Celuria, Abel Santana González-Chávez, Narciso Hernández Rodríguez

“…Incidence is estimateed in 1 by 3000 to 4500 alive newborns. Cases in brothers are found and children of parents with atresia esophagus, nevertheless not a hereditary is recognized; also there is a greater frequency in twins. …”
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Arrested Puberty in an Adolescent Male with Anorexia Nervosa Successfully Resumed with Multidisciplinary Care by Diana Simão Raimundo, Carolina Figueiredo, Ana Raposo, Bernardo Dias Pereira

“…Generalized cachexia, facial lanugo hair, cutaneous xerosis, and Russell’s sign were noted; he had a height of 155.5 cm (−2.5 SD; target height: 168 cm, −1.1 SD) and a BMI of 12.4 kg/m2 (−6.8 SD); left and right testicular volumes were 8 mL and 10 mL, respectively. He had a twin brother who had normal auxological/pubertal development (height: 167 cm, −1.05 SD; testicular volumes: 20 mL). …”
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The Undocumented Experience by Izah Tahir

“…I thought of her sleeping on the floor after buying matching twin beds for my brother and me, and this translated into the father in my drawing sending shoes to his son. …”
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Detection of Chromosome X;18 Breakpoints and Translocation of the Xq22.3;18q23 Regions Resulting in Variable Fertility Phenotypes by Attila Szvetko, Nicole Martin, Chris Joy, Andrea Hayward, Bob Watson, Andrew Cary, Stephen Withers

“…Primary infertility was initially diagnosed in all progeny; however, the male individual recently fathered twins. We briefly review the mechanisms associated with X;18 translocations and describe a pattern of inheritance, where breakpoints and translocation of the Xq22.3;18q23 regions have resulted in variable fertility.…”
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