monovular

Examples

• All

• The monovular twins looked exactly alike.

• Researchers studied several cases of monovular twins to understand inherited traits.

• A rare medical condition was found to occur more often in monovular than in dizygotic twins.

• Are they monovular or fraternal twins?

• The doctors explained that the twins were monovular and therefore genetically identical.

• Researchers studied several cases of monovular twins to understand inherited traits.

• A rare medical condition was found to occur more often in monovular than in dizygotic twins.

Synonyms

I

identical

vsmonovular

66 2.6

Twins who come from one egg and have the same genes

is the exact scientific label using a technical compound form

M

monozygotic

vsmonovular

• Specialized

1 9.4

Twins that come from one fertilized egg and have the same genes

refers to twins from one egg or ovum using broader phrasing

U

uniovular

vsmonovular

• Specialized

9.9

A plant or animal that has one egg in the ovary, like identical twins that develop from the same egg

describes twin origin from one egg rather than organ structure

Antonyms

F

fraternal

• Specialized

7 5.9

Twins who come from two different eggs and are not identical

D

dizygotic

• Specialized

1 9.1

Twins born from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm and so not identical

How Genetically Identical

monovular

• Specialized

9.7

fraternal

• Specialized

7 5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology