A Client Tells You That Her Mother Was a Twin

question 5

Multiple Choice

A client tells you that her mother was a twin, two of her sisters have twins, and several cousins either are twins or gave birth to twins. The client, too, is expecting twins. Because there is a genetic predisposition to twins in her family, there is a good chance that the client will have what type of twins?

• A) Dizygotic twins
• B) Monozygotic twins
• C) Identical twins
• D) Nonzygotic twins

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