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Persons > Multiple Birth Offspring > Twins > Twins, Monozygotic

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Twins, Monozygotic  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Two off-spring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from a single fertilized OVUM that split into two EMBRYOS. Such twins are usually genetically identical and of the same sex.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Twins, Identical

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WST9CWFV-D

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