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  2. 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 ...

  3. Biracial twins look wildly different - AOL

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    Fraternal twins develop from two different eggs by two different sperm -- so they can often look slightly different. Although some, like Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, end up looking so much alike ...

  4. Twin study - Wikipedia

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    The power of twin designs arises from the fact that twins may be either identical (monozygotic (MZ), i.e. developing from a single fertilized egg and therefore sharing all of their polymorphic alleles) or fraternal (dizygotic (DZ), i.e. developing from two fertilized eggs and therefore sharing on average 50% of their alleles, the same level of genetic similarity found in non-twin siblings).

  5. Mixed twins - Wikipedia

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    Mixed twins are fraternal or non-identical twins born to multiracial families which differ in skin color and other traits considered to be racial features.. From a biological point of view, the differences in these fraternal or dizygotic twins from two biracial parents are not surprising.

  6. Family resemblance (anthropology) - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence of heritability in personality traits. For example, one study found that approximately half of personality differences in high-school aged fraternal and identical twins were due to genetic variation - and another study suggests that no one personality trait is more heritable than another. [6] [8]

  7. “Eye Opener”: Twins Study Exposing Striking Impact ... - AOL

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    If the twins were over the age of 40, a plumper face made a twin look younger when compared to a slimmer face. Smoking was determined to be another factor that massively impacted the aging of one ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Olsen twins no longer appear identical -- because they are ...

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    Contrary to popular belief, the Olsen twins are fraternal twins, not identical, so it wouldn't be odd for the two to look different as they get older. This may just be the tabloids' most recent ...