genetically identical....
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genetically identical....
According to my text book,the genes of identical twins are identical. Does that mean that they are genetically identical too?
"The roots of education is bitter, but the fruit is sweet" Aristotle
If I'm not wrong twins are not completely identical genetically, but they have a small differences, I think in VNTR. Infact these repeteas make the difference between father and son and think between twins.
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Re: genetically identical....
The mitochondrial DNA may also mutate and change over time, so twins that come from a single zygote can have slightly different mitochondrial genes and traits determined by these genes.
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