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Identical Twins

The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA - New York Times

It is a basic tenet of human biology, taught in grade schools everywhere: Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles. But according to new research, though identical twins share very similar genes, identical they are not.

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One Response to “Identical Twins”

  1. matthew Says:
    March 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    “That, we now know, no longer appears to be the case.”

    To uphold my long pattern of pointing out idiocy, I point out this sentence. And if you’re not sure that it’s idiocy, you can know (at least) that I think that it appears to be.

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