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  2. Twin - Wikipedia

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    The human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 9.4 to 16.7 twin sets (18.8 to 33.3 twins) per 1,000 births. [5] The Yoruba people have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, [6] [7] [8] possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may ...

  3. Monochorionic twins - Wikipedia

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    The presence of a "T-sign" at the inter-twin membrane-placental junction is indicative of monochorionic-diamniotic twins (that is, the junction between the inter-twin membrane and the external rim forms a right angle), whereas dichorionic twins present with a "lambda (λ) sign" (that is, the chorion forms a wedge-shaped protrusion into the ...

  4. Polyembryony - Wikipedia

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    The term is also used in botany to describe the phenomenon of seedlings emerging from one embryo. Around 20 genera of gymnospores undergo polyembryony, termed "cleavage polyembryony," where the original zygote splits into many identical embryos. [1] [3] In some plant taxa, the many embryos of polyembryony eventually gives rise to only a single ...

  5. Alabama couple welcomes rare quadruplets: 2 sets of identical ...

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    On March 14, Hannah, 29, gave birth to two sets of identical twins: girls, Evelyn and Adeline, and boys, David and Daniel. ... to have two sets of identical twins, meaning that both embryos split ...

  6. Zygosity - Wikipedia

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    The word zygosity may also be used to describe the genetic similarity or dissimilarity of twins. [6] Identical twins are monozygotic, meaning that they develop 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 by two separate sperm.

  7. Cloning - Wikipedia

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    During that procedure, a donor embryo is split in two distinct embryos, that can then be transferred via embryo transfer. It is optimally performed at the 6- to 8-cell stage, where it can be used as an expansion of IVF to increase the number of available embryos. [29] If both embryos are successful, it gives rise to monozygotic (identical) twins.

  8. Identical twins of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently shared what are the main differences between them and their sibling, showing that the dissimilarities can range from a unique mole to one ...

  9. Embryo splitting - Wikipedia

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    Embryo splitting may refer to: when spontaneous, the natural way in which identical twins are formed. when artificially induced, a method of cloning. See Cloning#Methods