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Twins are two offspring born from the same pregnancy, and they can be either identical (developing from a single egg that splits into two embryos) or fraternal (developing from two separate eggs each fertilized by different sperm). Identical twins share the same sex and genetics, while fraternal twins may be different sexes and share only about half their DNA, similar to regular siblings.
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Research
91,693 papers- Update on Management and Outcomes of Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies.ReviewObstetrics and gynecology · 2025Simpson LLDOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005891
- Heritability of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Based on the Nationwide Danish Twin Register.Biological psychiatry · 2018Hilker R, Helenius D, Fagerlund B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.08.017
- Twin Family Registries Worldwide: An Important Resource for Scientific Research.Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies · 2019Hur YM, Bogl LH, Ordoñana JR et al.DOI: 10.1017/thg.2019.121
- US Evaluation of Twin Pregnancies: Importance of Chorionicity and Amnionicity.ReviewRadiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc · 2019Jha P, Morgan TA, Kennedy ADOI: 10.1148/rg.2019190042
- Polygenic Risk Scores and Twin Concordance for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.JAMA psychiatry · 2024Song J, Pasman JA, Johansson V et al.DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.2406
- Managing Monoamniotic Twin Pregnancies.Clinical obstetrics and gynecology · 2023Post ALDOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000817
- Managing Monoamniotic Twin Pregnancies.ReviewClinical obstetrics and gynecology · 2015Post A, Heyborne KDOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000118
- Twin children's language development.ReviewEarly human development · 2006Thorpe KDOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.03.012
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- Instance of
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- female form of label
- Zwillingsschwëster
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- Zwillingsbrudder
- kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata
- ?person wdt:P3373 ?relative ; wdt:P569 ?dob . ?relative wdt:P569 ?dob
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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