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Same same but different: when identical twins are non-identical

  • Written by Hannah Brown, Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, University of Adelaide
Semi-identical twins share all the DNA passed on from their mother, but only a portion from their father.From shutterstock.com

We all know a set of twins; perhaps even a set of identical twins. In Australia, twins account for about one in 80 births.

But in research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, we learn of a very unique set...

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