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Name: Karen S.
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Date: 2000-2001
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Do siamese twins share one placenta or do they each have their own?

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Siamese twins have one placenta as they are monochorionic, monoamnionic twins. This is because they come from one zygote where incomplete twinning occurs.

Peter Faletra Ph.D.

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