Sentences with phrase «n't fraternal twins»

Not exact matches

Having identical twins is not genetic, but having fraternal twins can be.

When you have twins, especially fraternal twins (not that it's not an issue with identical twins), but when you have paternal twin's odds are that your twins are going to have the size to discordance.

This rhyming story acquaints us with a confused little fraternal turtle (better yet, «fraturtle») who finally figures out that being a twin is all about having an awesome companion through life, and not about looking alike — a lovely lesson for your youngsters.

Because they have their own placentas, fraternal twins are not at risk for some of the conditions that affect monozygotic twins, such as TTTS or monoamniotic twins.

They are more likely to be kind of right alongside each other and for fraternal twins are two babies that happen to be born at the time and so they are individuals and they tend not to do that quite as much, some of them do but more often they are not.

In women with a BMI over 30 (the clinical definition of obesity), the incidence of fraternal (but not identical) twins increased by 30 percent to 60 percent.

Fraternal twins may be a boy and a girl, or two babies of the same sex, however, they will not be identical.

They assume that twins that look alike are identical, and twins that don't are fraternal.

What you should note is that the ability to have fraternal twins is on the mother's side and not the father's side.

The generally accepted multiple birth rates are based on all twins and do not distinguish between monozygotic (identical) and multizygotic (fraternal) twins.

Jolina says at the grocery store with my two month old fraternal boys and a store clerk asked if they were twins, then proceeded to say, I'm 20 and lucky to not have a kid.

This book by Jane Roper isn't really a how - to guide, but the story of her own experience raising fraternal twin girls while battling depression and a host of personal issues.It's an entertaining and very personal view as she experiences trying to get pregnant, processing the idea of twins, sleepless nights, endless diaper changes, and all of those unforgettable experiences in the first three years of twins» lives.

I mean, you know, because I know I've heard sometimes, you know, maybe boys need a little bit more developmental times, so I don't know how we come across the any situations where you've had opposite sex fraternal twins and maybe one was ready and one wasn't?

Chances are your happy news is quickly met with the question about whether or not your twins are identical or fraternal?

The researchers found that the identical twin pairs behaved more similarly than the fraternal twin pairs in their trust behaviors but not their distrust behaviors, suggesting that genetics influence trust, but not distrust.

Among fraternal twins, who do not share the same DNA, there was only a 20 percent chance.

The two are fraternal twins and not much alike.

In a survey of 8,387 siblings, 48 percent of identical twins and 24 percent of fraternal twins reported similar levels of moderate to extreme loneliness, with much higher agreement than siblings who were not twins.

Early twins studies were based on fewer than 50 twin pairs and could not detect any greater similarities in the microbiomes of identical twins compared with those of fraternal twins.

But the fascinating finding was that the sets of identical twins — with identical genomes — reported the same exact levels of fidelity, while fraternal twins and regular siblings didn't.

The reason can't be reduced to «sweeter blood» (sorry, Granny), but there is a genetic component: In a recent study published in Plos One, identical twins (who have the same genes) attracted mosquitoes at the same rate, while fraternal twins were bitten at very different rates.

I am a proud father of two almost a year old fraternal twins (boy & girl) they do not live with me but I do see them.

Warner Bros has debuted the first trailer for the comedy Bastards, starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms as fraternal twin brothers who go on a search for their father when their mother reveals she doesn't know who he really is.

Due to said activity, Helen doesn't know the identity of Peter and Kyle's (their fraternal twins) father.

Identical twins are essentially clones; fraternal twins are siblings born together, but not genetically identical.

New Blue Eyes Though General Motors would have the world believe that the Enclave (along with its fraternal twins the Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia) represents a dramatic, new concept in motor vehicles, it doesn't.

That's not bad, however, as the Colorado and its GMC fraternal twin still look fresh.

Sometimes twins are identical, sometimes they're not, but even fraternal twins generally resemble one another to some...

[39] The permanent display consists of nine all - fluorescent pieces, six in color and three dedicated to Schaeufele in three shades of white, as well as a drawing for an icon, not in the temporary exhibition, dedicated to his fraternal twin brother, David John.

Another issue is that when identical twins are compared to fraternal twins who do not share the same genes, there is no increased overlap in attachment.