Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic ("identical"), meaning that they can develop from just one zygote that will then split and form two embryos, or dizygotic ("fraternal"), meaning that they can develop from two different eggs; each are fertilized by separate sperm cells.

In contrast, a fetus which develops alone in the womb is called a singleton, and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is multiple.

Statistics

The twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 18.9 to 33.3 per 1,000 births. The Yoruba have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (or 90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may stimulate the ovaries to release an egg from each side.

In Central Africa there are 18–30 twin sets (or 36–60 twins) per 1,000 live births. In Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, the lowest rates are found; only 6 to 9 twin sets per 1,000 live births. North America and Europe have intermediate rates of 9 to 16 twin sets per 1,000 live births.

Twin (production team)

Twin (sometimes written as TWIN) is a Swedish record production and songwriting team, consisting of Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson, who are working in the genres of pop, R&B and rock.

Production and songwriting discography

2001

Charlotte Perrelli - Miss Jealousy

2002

Amber - Naked

Da Buzz - Wanna Be with Me

Gloria Gaynor - I Wish You Love

2003

No Angels - Pure

Sophie Monk - Calendar Girl

Play - Replay

Snap! - The Cult of Snap!

S Club 8 - Sundown

Belinda - Belinda

2004

American Juniors - American Juniors

Die Schlümpfe - The Smurfs

Charlotte Perrelli - Gone Too Long

Sandy Mölling - Unexpected

Twin (disambiguation)

A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy.

Twin may also refer to:

See also

Eloise

Eloise may refer to:

Places

Film and television

Literature

Eloise (books)

Eloise is a series of children's books written in the 1950s by Kay Thompson (1909–1998) and illustrated by Hilary Knight (b. 1926). Thompson and Knight followed up Eloise (1955) with four sequels.

Eloise is a girl who lives in the "room on the tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel in New York City with her Nanny, her pug dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee.

Thompson's goddaughter, Liza Minnelli, has been cited as a possible model for Eloise, as has the author herself. The illustrator said that the image for Eloise was based on a painting that his mother, Katherine Sturges Dodge did in the 1930s.

Books

Original

Subsequent

Other modern Eloise titles released by Simon & Schuster include Eloise's Guide to Life (2000), Eloise at Christmas (2003), Eloise's What I Absolutely Love Love Love (2005) and Love & Kisses, Eloise (2005). The same publisher began producing Eloise stories "in the style of Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight" to their early-reader Ready-to-Reads line in 2005. By 2007, 11 titles had been released in that line.

Eloise (upcoming film)

Eloise is an upcoming 2015 American thriller film directed by Robert Legato and written by Christopher Borrelli. The film stars Eliza Dushku, Robert Patrick, Chace Crawford, Brandon T. Jackson, Nicole Forester and P. J. Byrne.

Cast

Production

On April 25, 2014, Chace Crawford, Eliza Dushku, Brandon T. Jackson and P. J. Byrne joined the cast.Principal photography began on May 5, 2014.

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