Identical twins are formed from the fusion of __________.

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Identical twins
Identical twins are produced from one egg.
Sometimes, a single fertilized egg may split and separate into two parts during its early stages of cell division.
Each of these two split parts then behaves like an independent egg and produces one complete individual each.
Identical twins being produced from a single egg are either both boys or both girls.
They are very identical to each other.
Final answer: Identical twins are formed from the fusion of one egg and one sperm.

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