- they
develop from one zygote,
which splits and
forms two embryos, or
dizygotic ('non-identical' or 'fraternal'),
meaning that each twin
develops from...
- left-handed
while 13% of
dizygotic twins were left-handed. In
another study, the
frequency of right-handed and left-handed
pairs of
dizygotic twins is
about 23%...
- from one
zygote that
splits and
forms two embryos.
Fraternal twins are
dizygotic because they
develop from two
separate oocytes (egg cells) that are fertilized...
- from a
single zygote is
called monozygotic, from two
zygotes is
called dizygotic, or from
three or more
zygotes is
called polyzygotic. Similarly, the siblings...
- environment,
whereas dizygotic twins will
differ from one
another due to
environment as well as genes.
Under this
simplistic model, if
dizygotic twins differ...
-
Conjoined twins are
almost universally ****umed to
always be monozygotic, but
dizygotic conjoined twins are
theoretically possible. "conjoined twin". Encyclopedia...
-
levels of 5-methylcytosine DNA and
acetylation of
histones H3 and H4.
Dizygotic (fraternal) and
monozygotic (identical)
twins show
evidence of epigenetic...
-
twins have been
shown to be very
similar (though not identical),
whereas dizygotic twins have
considerably less similarity.
Significant heritability has...
-
experiences that one twin has but not the
other twin. "Fraternal" or
dizygotic (DZ)
twins share only
about 50% of
their genes, the same as any other...
- (identical) and
dizygotic (fraternal) twins,
often in the
context of adoption.
Monozygotic twins should be more
likely than
dizygotic twins to have the...
