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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. Monoamniotic twins - Wikipedia

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    Monoamniotic twins are identical or semi-identical twins that share the same amniotic sac within their mother's uterus. [1] Monoamniotic twins are always monochorionic and are usually termed Monoamniotic-Monochorionic ("MoMo" or "Mono Mono") twins. [1] [2] They share the placenta, but have two separate umbilical cords.

  4. Choriogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Identical twins have identical genomes in the immediate aftermath of twinning. About two-thirds of monozygotic twins share the same placenta, arising by cleavage before the fourth day of development; the other third have separate placentas because cleavage has taken place after the fourth day after choriogenesis has begun.

  5. Monochorionic twins - Wikipedia

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    Monochorionic twins are monozygotic (identical) twins that share the same placenta. If the placenta is shared by more than two twins (see multiple birth ), these are monochorionic multiples . Monochorionic twins occur in 0.3% of all pregnancies. [ 1 ]

  6. Chorion - Wikipedia

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    Monochorionic twins are twins that share the same placenta. This occurs in 0.3% of all pregnancies, [3] and in 75% of monozygotic (identical) twins, when the split takes place on or after the third day after fertilization. [4] The remaining 25% of monozygous twins become dichorionic diamniotic. [4]

  7. Inside the life of two sets of identical twins, who now live ...

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    After identical twin sisters from Delaware married identical twin brothers from Tennessee, the children they are raising together share in a rare biological phenomenon. When identical twin sisters ...

  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. 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.