Question

Allyson and miles were planning on starting a family. allyson's extended family has several sets of dizygotic twins. allyson asked her doctor what could cause her to have dizygotic twins. the doctor informed her that the likelihood of having dizygotic twins will be determined by _____.

Answer 1

This is determined by her genes. Having a dizygotic twin means that the two babies develop from different eggs, and each egg is fertilized separately. This type of twin shares half of its genes. The thought that genes play a part in this is due to some families having a large number of dizygotic twins in their families.