TIL identical twins don't have identical fingerprints
TIL identical twins don't have identical fingerprints
www.sciencefocus.com Why do identical twins have different fingerprints? - BBC Science Focus Magazine
The strange science of how fingerprints form – and why they’re not completely sculpted by DNA.
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Fingerprints are epigenetic traits. Twins usually have very similar but not identical fingerprints. They can often be confused for each other, but generally they can be told apart on closer inspection.
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