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Why identical twins aren’t really identical
A new study that looks into the genetics of twins and their families in Iceland shows that identical twins aren’t really identical – even though they developed from a single egg.
Kari Stefansson of the Icelandic genome company ‘DeCode’ explains that the differences can appear when the twins are embryos.
(Image: Identical twins, Credit: Getty Images.)
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