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IN has low prevalence, and twins with IN are rare. Whilst discordant presentation has been previously reported for IN, we present for the first time the comprehensive assessment of diagnostically discordant monozygotic twins. From a cohort of over 2000 patients, we identified twins and triplets discordant for nystagmus. Using next-generation sequencing, high-resolution infra-red pupil tracking and optical coherence tomography, we characterised differences in genotype and phenotype. Monozygotic twins (n\u2009=\u20091), dizygotic twins (n\u2009=\u20093) and triplets (n\u2009=\u20091) were included. The monozygotic twins had concordant <jats:italic>TYR<\/jats:italic> variants<jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic> No causative variants were identified in the triplets. Dizygotic twins had discordant variants in <jats:italic>TYR<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>OCA2<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>FRMD7<\/jats:italic>. One unaffected co-twin demonstrated sub-clinical nystagmus. 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