Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Fraternal twins are nonidentical siblings that form when two eggs nature are released, and are fertilized at die same time. Explain why an unusually high level of FSH raises the likelihood of fraternal twins.

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