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Why Some People Don't Develop Fingerprints

Discussion in 'Science' started by Xfsiwpek, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. Xfsiwpek

    Xfsiwpek New Member

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    A fingerprint can identify you at birth, death and any time in between. But some people don't develop unique dermal ridges on their fingers, and thus, do not have fingerprints.

    http://news.discover...ngerprints.html
     
    Xfsiwpek, Aug 18, 2011
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    This condition (known as adermatoglyphia) is very rare. And there are only 4 known families in the world that suffer from this mutation.

    There are more cases of albinoism then there are of adermatoglyphia. So this is not the type of thing I would put much into myself.
     
    Mushroom, Aug 19, 2011
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