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By definition, identical twins share all of their genetic code.
by dsr_ 7y ago
By definition, identical twins share all of their genetic code.
- maxerickson 7y agoSort of. A single person's cells don't really all have identical DNA, because of mutations and so on. So it's one of those things that depends on how close you are looking.
- akincisor 7y agoNot necessarily true: https://www.livescience.com/24694-identical-twins-not-identical.html https://www.livescience.com/24694-identical-twins-not-identi... paper (PDF) : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Constantin_Polychronakos/publication/257756275_Somatic_point_mutations_occurring_early_in_development_A_monozygotic_twin_study/links/56cef7d708ae85c823430b5d.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Constantin_Polychronako...
- dekhn 7y agoidentical twins do not have identical genetic code.