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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. Superfecundation - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, twins who were born with two different skin colors were discovered to be conceived as a result of heteropaternal superfecundation. [7] [5] In 1995, a young woman gave birth to diamniotic monochorionic twins, who were originally assumed to be monozygotic twins until a paternity suit led to a DNA test. This led to the discovery that the ...

  4. Biparental inheritance - Wikipedia

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    Biparental inheritance is a type of biological inheritance where the progeny inherits a maternal and a paternal allele for one gene. It is one of the criteria for Mendelian inheritance. Sexual reproduction, where offspring result from the fusion of gametes from two parents, is the most common form of biparental inheritance.

  5. Sibling - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Twins are siblings that are born from the same pregnancy. [6] Often, twins with a close relationship will develop a twin language from infanthood, a language only shared and understood between the two. Studies corroborate that identical twins appear to display more twin talk than fraternal twins. At about 3, twin talk usually ...

  6. Multiple birth - Wikipedia

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    Twins are by far the most common form of multiple births in humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report more than 132,000 sets of twins out of 3.9 million births of all kinds each year, about 3.4%, or 1 in 30. [5] Compared to other multiple births, twin births account for 97% of them in the US. [6]

  7. Paternal care - Wikipedia

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    In this view, paternal care is an evolutionary achievement that compensates for the higher energy demands that reproduction typically involves for mothers. [60] [61] Other models suggest that basic life-history differences between males and females are adequate to explain the evolutionary origins of maternal, paternal, and bi-parental care.

  8. Sister chromatids - Wikipedia

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    The paternal (blue) chromosome and the maternal (pink) chromosome are homologous chromosomes. Following chromosomal DNA replication, the blue chromosome is composed of two identical sister chromatids and the pink chromosome is composed of two identical sister chromatids. In mitosis, the sister chromatids separate into the daughter cells, but ...

  9. Matrilineality - Wikipedia

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    It all depends on the asset being inherited – i.e. whether the asset is a paternal asset – requiring paternal inheritance (kucarla [36]) or a maternal asset – requiring maternal inheritance (den yaay [34] or ƭeen yaay [36]).