monozygotic
adjective
mono·zy·got·ic
ˌmä-nə-zī-ˈgä-tik 
: derived from a single egg
monozygotic twins
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Odds of Identical Triplets Research on the prevalence of monozygotic triplets varies.
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Pamela Prindle Fierro, Parents, 22 July 2024
Of 381 pairs of monozygotic twins studied, 39 pairs contrasted by more than 100 mutations and only 38 lacked any differences.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
Birth rates of identical twins, or monozygotic twins, where one egg is fertilized but splits into two eggs, remained the same at four identical births per 1,000 births, Live Science reports.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
Grown from the same, single fertilized egg, monozygotic twins have nearly identical genomes.
—Nadia Drake, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2014
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Pamela Prindle Fierro, Parents, 22 July 2024
Of 381 pairs of monozygotic twins studied, 39 pairs contrasted by more than 100 mutations and only 38 lacked any differences.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
Birth rates of identical twins, or monozygotic twins, where one egg is fertilized but splits into two eggs, remained the same at four identical births per 1,000 births, Live Science reports.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
Grown from the same, single fertilized egg, monozygotic twins have nearly identical genomes.
—Nadia Drake, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2014
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monozygotic
adjective
mono·zy·got·ic
ˌmän-ə-zī-ˈgät-ik
: derived from a single egg
monozygotic twins
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