An Isograft is a graft of tissue between two individuals who are genetically identical (i.e. monozygotic twins). Transplant rejection between two such individuals virtually never occurs. As monozygotic twins have the same major histocompatibility complex, there is very rarely any rejection of transplanted tissue by the adaptive immune system. Furt...
(from the article `transplant`) ...of the body and transplanted to another site in the same individual is called an autograft. Autografts cannot be rejected. Similarly, grafts ...
Synonym for syngraft ... A tissue or organ transplanted between genetically identical individuals. ... Synonym: isogeneic graft, isograft, isologous graft, isoplastic graft, syngeneic graft. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(i´so-graft″) syngraft.
A tissue transplanted between two genetically identical individuals.
Type: Term Pronunciation: ī′sō-graft Synonyms: syngraft, isogeneic graft, syngeneic graft
isograft 1. A tissue graft involving a genetically identical host and donor. 2. A graft taken from an identical twin of the recipient or from an animal of the same inbred strain.
tissue grafted from one monozygotic twin to another
Bone transferred between animals who are identical in histocompatibility antigens (litter mates)