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Dizygotic Twins

Two offspring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from two OVA, fertilized at about the same time by two SPERMATOZOA. Such twins are genetically distinct and can be of different sexes.

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Abstract

Two offspring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from two OVA, fertilized at about the same time by two SPERMATOZOA. Such twins are genetically distinct and can be of different sexes.

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7 entry terms
  • Twins, Dizygotic
  • Twins, Fraternal
  • Dizygotic Twin
  • Fraternal Twin
  • Fraternal Twins
  • Twin, Dizygotic
  • Twin, Fraternal

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

91(75); was see under TWINS 1975-90

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  1. M01w.438w.873w.920w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dizygotic Twins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014429. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014429
  2. Dizygotic Twins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_twins
  3. Dizygotic Twins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3418125