NOUN
- either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
How To Use identical twin In A Sentence
- There are no such things as vampires, or werewolves, or evil identical twins.
- Each person's genetic code is unique except in the case of identical twins.
- There have been some recent studies using twins which show that there's a higher rate in the concordant, identical twins than in the discordant twins.
- The prenatal environment also has a major influence on differences between identical twins.
- In "A Genetic Study of Male Sexual Orientation," a study that has now achieved almost as much renown as LeVay's, the Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and Boston University's Richard Pillard compared fifty-six "monozygotic" twins (identical twins, from the same zygote, or fertilized egg), fifty-four "dizygotic" (fraternal) twins, and fifty-seven genetically unrelated adopted brothers. Homosexuality and Biology
- The disease occurs in 30% of identical twins but in only 5% of fraternal twins.
- But this study has, for the first time, clearly demonstrated a genetic difference between concordant and discordant identical twins.
- Derived from a single fertilized ovum or embryonic cell mass. Used especially of identical twins.
- But if it is mostly governed by genes, identical twins should be more likely to share the personality trait. Times, Sunday Times
- Non-identical twins are only as genetically alike as any brother or sister.
