Did you know that Twins are formed in the following way?:
The developing embryo begins to split into identical twins but then stops part way leaving the partially separated egg to mature into a conjoined fetus.
They are more often female than male (ratio of 3:1)
They occur as often as once in every 40,000 births, but only once in every 200,000 live births.
Are more likely to occur in Africa or India than in China or the United States.
May be caused by genetic and environmental conditions which are responsible for the failure of twins to separate after the 13th day after fertilization.
1/50,000 to 1/100,000 are conjoined twins.
70% are female - even though monozygotic twins are more frequently male than female.
40% are stillborn
75% are stillborn or die within 24 hours.
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