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Single fertilized egg
Coverage of Single fertilized egg in the Nexus archive.
- Australian woman gives birth to rare identical quadruplet daughters
An Australian woman gave birth to identical quadruplet daughters, who share 100 percent of their DNA from a single fertilized egg that split into four embryos, making the pregnancy a one-in-15-million occurrence.
- WATCH: Woman gives birth to rare identical quadruplets
A woman has given birth to naturally conceived identical quadruplet daughters, all sharing a single placenta and originating from one fertilized egg. This case is among the rarest in the world.