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Finally, a simple, clear and obviously correct answer!
by TheKnife V2.1 - Grandiose and Obnoxious on June 26th, 2007
Thanks, brother.
by GhostWriter13 has found his voice again on June 26th, 2007
Not really an acccurate answer. Identical, when applied to twins, really means monozygotic, not "exactly the same". No twins are exactly the same, so by that definition there would be no identical twins.
And sexual discordance can and does occur in monozygotic twins, albeit at very low frequency.
If you are interested, I have expanded in my answer.
by nucleotideboy on March 10th, 2009
that is not true alot of people assume that since twins are born in the same sack then they are identical that is just monzygotic twins. meaning one egg. identical twins are twins who have identical strans of dna on a base look but when you get down to mitochondrial dna they may differ
by no name on December 30th, 2010