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Twins (other)
Twins are two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Twins (''The Matrix'') * The Twins (''Transformers'') * Leonel and Marco Salamanca, ''Breaking Bad'' and ''Better Call Saul'' characters referred to as "The Twins" * The Twins, or Spazmatism and Retinazer, a pair of bosses in the video game ''Terraria'' Films * ''The Twins'' (1923 film), an Australian silent film * ''Twins'' (1925 film), an American comedy film starring Stan Laurel * ''Twins'' (1988 film), an American comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito * ''The Twins'' (2005 film), a South Korean film * ''The Twin'' (2022 film), a psychological horror film Literature * ''Twins'' (novel), a 2006 young adult novel by Marcy Dermansky * ''Twins'', a 1977 novel by Jack Geasland and Bari Wood, based on the story of Stewart and Cyril Marcus * ''Twins'', a series of 26 children's books by Lucy Fitch Perkins * ''Twins'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, or ''dizygotic'' ('non-identical' or 'fraternal'), meaning that each twin develops from a separate egg and each egg is fertilized by its own sperm cell. Since identical twins develop from one zygote, they will share the same sex, while fraternal twins may or may not. In rare cases twins can have the same mother and different fathers (heteropaternal superfecundation). In contrast, a fetus that develops alone in the womb (the much more common case, in humans) is called a ''singleton'', and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is a ''multiple''. Unrelated look-alikes whose resemblance parallels that of twins are referred to as doppelgängers. Statistics The human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
