Episode 440
How alike are the kids of identical twins?
If identical twins have children with identical twins, how related are all the children?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
June 29, 20203m 53s
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Show Notes
Sam got in touch to ask: "If identical twin brothers marry identical twin sisters, and each of those couples has a child, will those two children be like twins?" Eva Higginbotham put the question to Tessa Bertozzi - a geneticist at the University of Cambridge. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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