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Twins enrooting from the splitting of one zygote are termed as

  1. universal twins

  2. monozygotic twins

  3. dizygotic twins

  4. mitochondrial twins
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Explanation

Twins of this type are mostly genetically identical. Subsequently, they are also called identical twins in contrast to fraternal or dizygotic twins, which come from two separate eggs fertilised by different sperms.

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