Unit8PartTwoListeningIAlthoughtwinshavealwaysbeenasourceofcuriosity,theyarenotsouncommonstatistically,sincetheyoccuronceinevery86births
Aboutonethirdofalltwinsareidentical,orsingle-eggtwins
Identicaltwinshavethesamegenesand,hence,thesamesex,hair,eyes,bloodtype,andboneandtoothstructure
Someidenticaltwinsaremirrorimagesofeachother
Forexample,onemaybeleft-handed,theotherright-handed
Asyoungchildren,someidenticaltwinsmaydeveloptheirownprivatelanguage
Identicaltwinshaveanespeciallykeenintuition,andtheyoftenseemtothinkanddressalikeevenwhenawayfromeachother
Infact,evenwhentheyareseparatedatbirthandraisedapart,identicaltwinsdevelopsurprisingsimilarities
Theymaypursuethesamecareers,havethesameinterests,ordiewithindaysofeachother
Incontrasttoidenticaltwins,fraternaltwinsinheritaseparatesetofgenesand