Even identical twins are heterozygous for many alleles. Recombination would produce gametes with many different combinations of those alleles in each individual. Their offspring, as a result, could have very different genotypes than either parent, and thus look different as well.
They may look alike, but they will never have the same fingerprints, because fingerprints are created by differences of thickness in the dermal layer. It is independent of genetics, therefore, twins will never have identical fingerprints and any similarities between twins fingerprints would merely be coincidental.
Yes, the children of identical twins married to non-related men are genetically half-siblings. This is because the twins share 100% of their genes, so their offspring would share 50% of their genetic material, making them half-siblings.
Twins who are of the opposite sex or do not look alike are fraternal twins ~ not identical. This means that at the time of their conception ~ two eggs were fertilised. In the case od identical twins, one egg is fertilised and split in half.
No. Nobody looks the same because of environmental factors, even if their DNA is identical. But: If both of the parent-twins were identical, than the DNA of the children of both married couples would be as similar as the DNA of siblings. The cousins would not look the same, but would look more alike than most cousins look.
Fraternal twins are created when 2 separate eggs are fertilized. Identical twins are created when 1 fertilized egg splits into 2. It is impossible for one identical twin to be male and the other female. Identical twins are usually the ones that look exactly alike.
They may look alike, but they will never have the same fingerprints, because fingerprints are created by differences of thickness in the dermal layer. It is independent of genetics, therefore, twins will never have identical fingerprints and any similarities between twins fingerprints would merely be coincidental.
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Yes. Fraternal twins don't look alike at all. Identical, meaning to look the same, are well, identical.
Identical twins look exactly alike.
Children never look exactly alike unless they are identical twins. Even identical twins often have some differences in their looks, their fingerprints differ, and they may have scars or other features that look different.
No, no one is identical. Even "identical" twins are not exactly alike.
Yes, non-identical twins are often referred to as fraternal twins. These twins develop from two separate eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, resulting in genetic differences that can make them look less alike than identical twins.
Twins don't always think alike, whether they be identical, fraternal, or even simese. It depends on there personalities, not their looks.
because the cheeky girls are identical twins
Fraternal. They develop from separate ova and are not genetically identical, so look different, can have different sex etc. Unlike "identical twins."
Fraternal twins share most of their genetic material, by virtue of having the same parents. Identical twins, however, by definition share 100% of their DNA. This means, for example, that identical twins cannot ever be one of each gender, as fraternal twins often are.
Acctually, they're children would not look like twins. But all of their children would look like brothers and sisters.