Curious Kids: why are some twins identical and some not?
- Written by Alison McEwen, Head of Discipline of Genetic Counselling, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney
Identical twins look the same, are the same sex, share the same birthday and shares the same genes. www.shuttershock.com , CC BY
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Why are some twins identical and some not? - Chloe, age 12, Australia
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