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    • Illustration of egg split of Monozygotic versus dizygotic twins
    Rights: Trlkly Creative Commons ShareAlike 3.0, GNU Free Documentation License Published 28 June 2011 Size: 17 KB Referencing Hub media

    Dizygotic twins are the result of 2 eggs fertilised by 2 separate sperm. Monozygotic twins are the result of a single fertilised egg splitting within the first 14 days after fertilisation.

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      Twins

      Twins are 2 offspring born from the same pregnancy. It is estimated that twins make up about 2% of the world’s population. In recent times, however, there has been an increase in the incidence of ...

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