adjective
- Relating to or produced from two separate fertilized eggs; fraternal (of twins or multiple births).
Usage: Medical/biological term; Commonly used in genetics and obstetrics
Examples
- Dizygotic twins develop from two separate eggs and may have different genetic traits.
- The study compared dizygotic and monozygotic twins to understand genetic influences.
- Fraternal twins are dizygotic because they come from two different fertilized eggs.
- Dizygotic twins can be of different sexes, unlike identical twins.
- The researchers examined dizygotic triplets born to the same mother.