Answer:
Identical twins share the exact same DNA while fraternal twins do not.
Explanation:
Mitosis is the type of cell division that results in 2 individual cells that have the exact genetic material.
Meiosis is the division of reproductive cells, eggs and sperms, which results in new cells with half the amount of genetic material and that makes them unique.
Identical twins are twins developed from a single egg that has been fertilized with a single sperm, meaning they have the same DNA.
Fraternal twins are twins from two different eggs that have been fertilized by two different sperms and grow in the womb at the same time with no additional cell division. So they have different DNA's.
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The formation of fraternal twins takes place when the female generates two eggs and identical twins takes place when the female generates one egg and the zygote divides into two spontaneously.
• In identical twins case, the zygote goes through cleavage, that is, cell division by mitosis, when embryo is at the stage of two cell.
• The separation of two blastomeres may take place and then each act as an independent zygote.
• This each dissociated blastomere give rise to a novel independent individual.
• The production of both the organisms takes place due to mitosis, thus, both would possess identical genetic makeup and are known as identical twins.
• Identical twins would be either males or would be either females.
• In case of fraternal twins, the female generates more than one eggs. And all the eggs get fertilized independently by the sperm.
• Thus, formation of two or more zygotes takes place, and each zygote give rise to new offspring.
• These offsprings possess distinct genetic combinations, and such offspring are known as fraternal twins.
• They are produced sexually, and fraternal twins can possess different genders as they do not possess similar genetic recombination.
Thus, identical twins is formed from one egg and the zygote gets divide into two, while fraternal twins formation takes place when two eggs are generated by the female.
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