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Medical Conditions - Fraternal Twins

Fraternal twins also termed as dizygotic twins are different from monozygotic (identical) twins as fraternal twins are formed from fertilizing two different eggs and sperm in the same pregnancy. The appearance may not be the same in these twins. Fraternal twins share half their genomes.

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Will having sex twice lead to fraternal twins?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Actually, twins are babies produced by single same pregnancy can be monozygotic (identical) or dizygotic (fraternal).

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