identical twin
noun
: either member of a pair of twins that are produced from a single egg and who look exactly alike
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Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren's identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 11 and have since been taken into federal custody.
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Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Because identical twins share essentially 100% of their genes and fraternal twins share, on average, 50%, most of the differences between them are due to the experiences one twin had but not the other.
—New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
Share [Findings] Sets of both fraternal and identical twins exhibit internally similar metacognitive abilities, suggesting that metacognition is environmental rather than heritable.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren's identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Dec. 11 and have since been taken into federal custody.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Because identical twins share essentially 100% of their genes and fraternal twins share, on average, 50%, most of the differences between them are due to the experiences one twin had but not the other.
—New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
Share [Findings] Sets of both fraternal and identical twins exhibit internally similar metacognitive abilities, suggesting that metacognition is environmental rather than heritable.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren's identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Dec. 11 and have since been taken into federal custody.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identical%20twin. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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