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Fraternal and identical twins

Asked by ayo_starz about 1 year ago, 6 answers.

Why are identical twins much more similar than fraternal twins?

Answered by ichibanarky on Sep 21, 2008, 06:15PM
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Identical twins come from the same egg
Fraternal twins each come from their own egg

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Answered by funadvice on Sep 21, 2008, 06:16PM
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Im a Ferternal twin. Me and sam came from 2 different eggs.-nods- mmhmm. But im the starter one. -licks her shoe-

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Answered by saucybaby on Sep 21, 2008, 06:26PM
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Yes, what ichibanarky said

Answered by ty on Sep 21, 2008, 08:02PM
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Identical twins have the same DNA, fraternal twins dont... they share about the same amount of DNA as regular siblings (although they tend to be more similar than other siblings because they are in the same cohort)

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Answered by yorkshireterrier1 on Sep 22, 2008, 01:22AM
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Yes I also agree with ichibanarky. Which is true.

Answered by desperatlynervous on Sep 22, 2008, 05:14PM
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like ichibanarky said- identical twins 1 egg splits in half= 2 babies formed (identical/simese twins). fraternal twins 1 egg from both falopian tube is inseminated (two different babies)

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