Beyond Identical or Fraternal: 6 Rare Types of Twins

Beyond Identical or Fraternal: 6 Rare Types of Twins

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Biology

11th Grade - University

Hard

Created by

Quizizz Content

FREE Resource

The video explores the complexity of twinning, covering fraternal and identical twins, mirror image twins, conjoined twins, heteropagus twins, fetus in fetu, chimeric twins, and sesquizygotic twins. It discusses genetic and environmental influences, theories of twin formation, and the potential for learning about human development from these phenomena.

Read more

4 questions

Show all answers

1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How do chimeric twins differ from regular twins?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

2.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What are sesquizygotic twins and how do they occur?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

3.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Discuss the potential implications of understanding twinning on human development.

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

4.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What are some of the challenges researchers face in studying twinning?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF