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'identical' twins from same egg may still differ genetically.(Q)
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The Virginian Pilot
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March 14, 2008
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Byline: ANAHAD O'CONNOR
By Anahad O'Connor
The New York Times
It is a basic tenet of human biology : Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles.
But according to new research, although identical twins share very similar genes, identical they are not. The discovery opens a new understanding of why two people who hail from the same embryo can differ in phenotype, as biologists refer to a person's physical manifestation.
The new findings appear in the March issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, in a study conducted by scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and universities in Sweden ...
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