I don’t want this blog to be “Look at what I found on Youtube!” but I have to share this. I don’t know how to describe it. I have never seen conjoined twins of this magnitude, I suppose this is the last step before tetragametic chimerism.
Incredible. Simply amazing.
A friend pointed out this link to me after I initially posted this article.
http://www.answers.com/topic/abigail-and-brittany-hensel Thanks SS for the link!
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January 15th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
I wonder if they have trouble with which brain controls what. Do they both eat normal amounts.
I can’t imagine what that would be like.
January 18th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Aren’t conjoined twins partially splitted identical twins? The wikipedia article on chimeras suggests they form out of fraternal twins.
January 18th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Anna, I was addressing the phenomena and the comparison to chimerism from a morphological perspective rather then a purely genetic approach. But your is a valid point, the two conditions are not related from a developmental standpoint.