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Do identical twins have identical fingerprints?
Live Science ^ | 08/07/2021 | By Harry Baker -

Posted on 08/07/2021 1:04:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Identical twins, also known as monozygotic twins, come from a single embryo that divides in two early on in development. The result is two individuals that share almost the same genetic information from each parent and look almost exactly the same. Identical twins are essentially clones of one another, although genetic mutations in the womb mean they don't quite share 100% of the same DNA...

It turns out that DNA isn't the only factor that influences a person's fingerprints, even though it does play a major role in determining the ridge pattern characteristics, Francese said. "Different environmental factors in the womb also play a role in the development of fingerprints."

Fingerprints are formed between 13 and 19 weeks of fetal development. The fetal position in the womb, access to nutrients and even the length of the umbilical cord can all affect fingerprints, Francese said.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: clones; cloning; fingerprints; identicaltwins
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To: BenLurkin

Why am I thinking about the Patty Duke Show now?


21 posted on 08/07/2021 3:52:22 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: BenLurkin
There's one of those pesky little facts.


"they don't quite share 100% of the same DNA..."

Identical twins DO share 100% of the same dna, fact.

22 posted on 08/07/2021 5:15:04 PM PDT by lil'bit
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To: lil'bit
I have second cousins, twice removed, who are identical twins. Their parents claimed that they didn't know if they were identical or not so I gave them two MyHeritage DNA test kits. They came back as 99.9% identical DNA. The MyHeritage people thought that both were for the same person (I guess they never heard of identical twins).

The father of those twins is a twin himself but clearly a fraternal twin--he and his brother do not closely resemble each other.

23 posted on 08/07/2021 6:22:02 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: BenLurkin

"I love you."
[Turns]
However, I hate you."

-PJ

24 posted on 08/07/2021 6:27:16 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: central_va

I bet their prints were identical


25 posted on 08/07/2021 6:48:48 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: BenLurkin

Short anwser is no, everyone has unique fingerprints.


26 posted on 08/07/2021 6:49:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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To: BenLurkin

I have identical twins. No, they do not.


27 posted on 08/07/2021 10:55:08 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Hiddigeigei

By the way, my wife doesn’t have recordable finger prints (which has given her trouble throughout her adult life). She says she they wore off when she learned to type.


If she does more manual labor they’ll reappear.


28 posted on 08/08/2021 12:34:21 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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