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LITTLE is known about the early development of identical twins in sheep; the only reference which we have been able to find is that of Assheton1, who reported finding in a ewe a blastocyst with two embryonic disks and who was able to confirm the existence of the two embryos by sectioning the blastocyst.
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Assheton, R., J. Anat. Phys., 32, 362 (1898).
Moore, N. W., and Rowson, L. E. A., Nature, 182, 1754 (1958).
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ROWSON, L., MOOR, R. Occurrence and Development of Identical Twins in Sheep. Nature 201, 521–522 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201521a0
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