[104292] in Cypherpunks
Re: DNA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marty Levy)
Wed Oct 14 21:24:13 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:39:47 +0100
From: "Marty Levy" <rwww60@email.sps.mot.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: "Marty Levy" <rwww60@email.sps.mot.com>
Because the fingerprint pattern is not genetically pre-determined. It is
apparently part of the fetal development process. Minor environmental
differences and random cell division differences will make the prints
different even between identical twins.
X wrote:
> DNA of identical siblings is identical? I guess that makes sense, since
> we're really split after conception... so explain why my brother has smooth
> hands and fingers with almost no prints (lucky bastard!) and mine look like
> mother teresa's face... (probably more now than before, eh?)
>
> X
>
