Identical twins form when a zygote (egg/sperm combination) splits into two separate parts. In the diagram, 1n represents half of the chromosomes that you have in each cell. Thus, 2n represents the complete number of chromosomes. You have a total of 46 chromosome. 1n = 23 chromosomes 2n = 46 chromosomes While the two babies […]
Identical Twins: Monozygotic
The girls in the photo are examples of identical twins. The term identical twins refers to a type of twinning, and describes how they form, not what they look like. While the girls look identical, they are not clones. They have physical differences, such as their fingerprints, which may look identical, but the ridges are […]