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When do binomial distributions occur?

A binomial distribution is the distribution of the number of successes of n independent, identical Bernoulli trials. What happens when the trials are dependent and the Bernoulli trials are not identical by which I mean that the probability of success from trial to trial varies? How identical and close to independent do they have to be before we see something that resembles a binomial distribution?