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QUESTION: How do monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins differ?

YOUR CLAIM: My answer to the question is…

Monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins differ in how they are formed, in the sexes
that may be formed from fertilization, as well as in their occurrence or frequency.

Cite from the article two evidence that support your claim:
EVIDENCE 1: The statement in the article that supports my answer is…

Monozygotic twins (identical twins) arise from a single fertilized egg. At some point
after the zygote begins to divide, the cell mass splits into two, creating two embryos
from one. Monozygotic twins are always of the same sex. Monozygotic twinning
Monozygotic, or identical, twins occur in one-quarter of one percent of all human
births and begin life with the same set of genes. occurs in approximately 0.25 percent
of human births.

EVIDENCE 2: The statement in the article that supports my answer is…

Dizygotic twins (fraternal twins) arise from two separately fertilized eggs, or zygotes.
Dizygotic twins develop separate placentas and amniotic sacs. They may be of the
same or different sexes. Dizygotic twinning occurs in approximately three of every
thousand human births, a rate that increases with maternal age, varies with ethnic
group, and is probably influenced by genes that control pituitary function.

Explain how your evidence supports your claim.

REASONING: The evidence I chose supports my answer because each point in my
claim being that monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins differ in how they are
formed, in the sexes that may be formed from fertilization, and in their occurrence or
frequency were backed up by the evidence.