Which statement by a client pregnant with twins would indicate that teaching was effective?
1. "Identical twins can be the same or different sex."
2. "Identical twins occur more frequently than fraternal twins."
3. "Congenital abnormalities are more prevalent in identical twins."
4. "Because of their birth relationship, fraternal twins are more similar to each other than if they had been born singly."
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Explanation:
1. Identical or monozygotic twins have identical chromosomal structures and therefore are always the same sex.
2. Dizygotic, or fraternal, twins occur more frequently than do monozygotic twins.
3. Due to variations in the timing of the splitting of the embryo, congenital abnormalities are more common in monozygotic twins.
4. Fraternal twins are not more similar to each other than if they had been born singly.
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