Semi-identical twins discovered

March 27th, 2007 | by belgiumpoppies | | Post to NewsCloud »

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This creates non-identical (fraternal) twins - who share on average 50% of their genetic material. Sometimes, two sperm can fertilise a single egg, but this is only thought to happen in about 1% of human conceptions.

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