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fraternal twins

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fraternal twins
pl.n.
Twins that derive from separately fertilized ova and that have different genetic makeup. They may be of the same or opposite sex.
fraternal twins.
fraternal twins
Dizygotic twins Twins resulting from 2 separate fertilized eggs liberated simultaneously from the ovaries that develop in separate or partially fused chorionic sacs; 70-80% of twins are dizygotic. Cf Identical twins.


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In that population of identical and fraternal twins, 447 individuals had CFS and another 1,120 reported disabling fatigue without four of the other symptoms.
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The only boy-girl set, Ariana and Frankye Cruz, 4 days old today, are also the only fraternal twins in the bunch.
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Author Nancy Segal is Professor of Psychology of the Twin Studies center at CSU Fullerton: her professional career has been devoted to the study of identical and fraternal twins, and INDIVISIBLE BY TWO: LIVES OF EXTRAORDINARY TWINS reflects this long history, following up on her ENTWINED LIVES to reveal the lives of 10 sets of twins, one set of triplets and a set of quads.
Indivisible By Two by Donovan, Diane C. / MBR Bookwatch
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