- Scientists concluded that most identical twins - twins that come from a single fertilized egg - don't have identical genes. Researchers, in Iceland, deciphered the complete genome of 381 pairs of identical twins. The researchers concluded that only 38 pairs were genetic duplicates of each other. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/some-identical-twins-dont-have-identical-dna-genetics 41 comments science
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- All identical twins may share a set of chemical marks on their DNA | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/identical-twin-siblings-common-set-chemical-markers-dna-epigenetics 3 comments
- Differences between germline genomes of monozygotic twins | Nature Genetics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-020-00755-1 0 comments
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