Just
why identical twins sometimes end up with different methylation patterns isn't clear.
Resolving this mystery is helping to explain not just
why identical twins can be different, but why we all turn out as we do.
That's
why identical twins make perfect organ donors for each other: Only they have perfectly matched MHC genes.
A recent article published in www.slate.com, talks about
why identical twins aren't really identical?
This may explain
why identical twins tend to show more differences as they get older and don't spend as much time together — their natural chemical changes affect their development as individuals.
Not exact matches
I've met fraternal
twins that say they can read each others» minds and know
identical twins that are barely even friends, so
why do the specifics of fertilization matter as much as they do?
There are various biological reasons as to
why an ovum can split and given that the splitting took place after fertilization then this will lead to the formation of
identical twins.
Why do
identical twins show similarities and differences?
For example:
Why can a surgeon successfully graft skin or other tissue from one part of the body to another but not from one individual to another, except in the case of grafts between
identical twins?
And those kinds of random changes during development explain, for example,
why the pattern of gyruses in the brain are very different even between
identical twins.
McManus's theory neatly explains how
identical twins can have different hand preferences, as well as
why people with a wide range of both gifts and disorders are more likely to be left - handed.
«Immune diseases inflict
identical twins differently: Scientists explain
why only one
identical twin is at risk for autoimmune diseases.»
That's
why you'll run into
identical twins who lead drastically different lives, each with their own illnesses, dreams and favorite Coen brothers movie.
For instance,
why would only one
identical twin develop cancer and not both?
Indeed,
why would we expect our
twins to end up with
identical body compositions, weights, and chronic diseases risk factors, when their hormonal and metabolic experiences over those 20 years are indeed different?