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One of two young produced from a single pregnancy. Human twins may be genetically identical (monozygotic), having been formed from a single fertilized egg that splits into two cells, both of which became implanted. Nonidentical (fraternal or dizygotic) twins are formed when two eggs are fertilized at the same time.

In the US there has been a 52% increase in the number of twin births in the period 1980–97.
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The first episode in this two-part programme, hosted by identical twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken, tells the story of Alexandra and Mia, fellow identical twins who were adopted separately as babies but eventually reunited by two pairs of parents from the US and Norway.
An unbreakable bond; Documentary The Secret Life of Twins (BBC One, ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
The first episode in this two-part programme, hosted by identical twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken, tells the story of Alexandra and Mia, fellow identical twins who were adopted separately as babies but eventually reunited by two pairs of parents from the US and Norway.
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