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Do identical twins have identical dna?

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Mostly, although they can have epigenetic differences in which genes are turned on or off, different distributions of mitochondrial DNA, and there are extremely rare instances where a genetic change or chromosome difference may be present in only one twin.

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Yes, identical twins have the exact same DNA, though, they aren't really perfectly identical.

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