03-01-2019, 01:27 PM
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47371431
This fascinating article talks about the birth of two semi-identical twins about five years ago, this is the second identified case in the world for two twins to be semi-identical. To articulate, semi-identical twins occur when two sperm cells fertilize one egg at the same time. Seems impossible right? And the average biology 30 class will tell you that, however going off of the basic knowledge that is learned in that class, which is, the difference between identical and fraternal twins, genetics seems to always find a way to surprise us. The way that doctors find this extraordinary birth is when they ultrasound the mother, discover that the two amniotic sacs containing the two fetuses are positioning in one placenta (An indication of identical twins) and take another ultrasound later on and find that the twins are different genders, something that absolutely cannot happen if they were identical twins. In 2007, the first case of semi-identical twin was recorded and since then, biologists have reached a conclusion as to how this can occur naturally.
I would be delighted to read about your thoughts on the matter if and when you reply to this thread!
This fascinating article talks about the birth of two semi-identical twins about five years ago, this is the second identified case in the world for two twins to be semi-identical. To articulate, semi-identical twins occur when two sperm cells fertilize one egg at the same time. Seems impossible right? And the average biology 30 class will tell you that, however going off of the basic knowledge that is learned in that class, which is, the difference between identical and fraternal twins, genetics seems to always find a way to surprise us. The way that doctors find this extraordinary birth is when they ultrasound the mother, discover that the two amniotic sacs containing the two fetuses are positioning in one placenta (An indication of identical twins) and take another ultrasound later on and find that the twins are different genders, something that absolutely cannot happen if they were identical twins. In 2007, the first case of semi-identical twin was recorded and since then, biologists have reached a conclusion as to how this can occur naturally.
I would be delighted to read about your thoughts on the matter if and when you reply to this thread!