Could genes explain the remarkable rate of identical twins born in some remote villages around the world? David Cyranoski investigates a long-standing biological curiosity.
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Cyranoski, D. Developmental biology: Two by two. Nature 458, 826–829 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458826a
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