Abstract
Abstract
An overview of circumstances in which twins take the place of their co-twin is presented. Various explanations and speculations are proposed for understanding twins’ willingness to do so in certain situations. This section is followed by reviews of timely twin research, namely single versus multiple embryo transfer; neurimaging of twins with periventricular nodular heterotopia; a twin dietary comparison; and a new book of twin-related readings from Hungary. The final portion of this article concerns human interest stories that both inform and entertain. They involve valedictorian and salutatorian twins; a mother delivering twins at age seventy; twins reunited by TikTok; a new film about twins with selective mutism; and twins becoming doctors.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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