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Nature has various safety valves. That is one of them. Conjoined Twins are identical twins with a natural connective bond, therefore they always take the same sex. Fraternal twins, like the fictional Bobbseys, can be Boy and Girl.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 14y agoIntersex is the current term or hermaphrodite in less enlightened times.
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∙ 14y agoFraternal twins. Fraternal twins can be the same gender too, but since they are produced from two eggs from the mother, they are not identical.
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∙ 6y agoNo. Conjoined twins are always identical twins which means they are always the same sex.
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If i breed conjoined twins with other conjoined twins will there eventually be a 4 headed person?
Conjoined twins cannot be bred. This condition is not genetic.A set of male conjoined twins fathering children with a set of female conjoined twins will almost certainly produce children who are not even twins at all.
What do we call twins that fail to separate at birth?
Conjoined twins or siamese twins.
What gene or chromosome is affected by conjoined twins?
There is no genetic component that results in conjoined twins. They are created by an imperfect separation of identical twin concepti.
What are the 2 kinds of twins?
Generally fraternal twins are more common. For fraternal twins to occur twins must diverge, but differentiate upon becoming separate entities. Identical twins are rarer, in which the two siblings are of the same gender and are exactly alike upon birth. Rarer so are conjoined, or "Siamese" twins. This occurs when twins are born partially or extremely fused together. There is only a 25% survival chance for a conjoined twin. Most were only connected by gristle and flesh, and could have been easily separated easily, were they in modern society.
The term 'Siamese twins' originates from this pair of conjoined twins name them?
Chang and Eng Bunker
What are female conjoined twins called?
Just that, female conjoined twins. In some languages all nouns have gender, so in French, Les Jumelles Siamesienne, the enne suffix would mean female. By the way, conjoined twins, being also identical twins, are always the same gender.
Why are most conjoined twins female?
They can be either but are always Gender-Bound, Two boys or Two girls, a Boy and a Girl, born Siamese is impossible, as they are identical twins, not fraternal and normally ( Take their Gender) to a man- or woman as it were.
If i breed conjoined twins with other conjoined twins will there eventually be a 4 headed person?
Conjoined twins cannot be bred. This condition is not genetic.A set of male conjoined twins fathering children with a set of female conjoined twins will almost certainly produce children who are not even twins at all.
What was the name of Chinese conjoined twins?
The most famous (Chinese) conjoined twins were the Siamese twins
How often do you have conjoined twins?
conjoined twins are very very very rare .
Why can't Conjoined twins be brother and sister?
why can't conjoined twins be brothers and sisters
Why Can fraternal twins be different gender but identical twins are always the same gender?
fraternal twins have two different chromosomes
How would you use conjoined in a sentence?
The twins were conjoined when they were born.
Where can one find pictures of conjoined twins?
There are several websites that have photos of conjoined twins. Zimbo has a section for them as well as the WellSphere site. The media gallery of USA Today has a photo retrospective section of different conjoined twins dating bask to 1930. Environmental Graffiti has a limited but impressive selection of photos.
What are the different types of conjoined twins?
Conjoined twins are categorized by a set of adjectives ending with the suffix "-pagus" from the Greek word for "fixed". Early teratologists such as Ambroise Pare and Geoffrey St. Hillaire were among the first to identify and name the various types of conjoined twins. Many actual sets of twins do not fit perfectly into any of these classifications, and the terms are often combined to describe these twins.
What are the different of conjoined twins?
Conjoined twins are categorized by a set of adjectives ending with the suffix "-pagus" from the Greek word for "fixed". Early teratologists such as Ambroise Pare and Geoffrey St. Hillaire were among the first to identify and name the various types of conjoined twins. Many actual sets of twins do not fit perfectly into any of these classifications, and the terms are often combined to describe these twins.
What are the three types of twins?
There is Identical twins, Nonidentical twins and Conjoined twins.
