The coat patterns in eg okapis and zebras are also different for each animal, but is that also the case with identical twins?
Asker: Mark, 66 years old
Answer
Best,
No, their fingerprints are not the same.
Fingerprints are formed in the womb and are an interplay of DNA (identical in identical twins), nutrition, place in the womb, speed of development of the fingers,… and that is different for all twins.
The fingerprints will be broadly identical, but the details will be different.
Kind regards,
Answered by
dr. Jasper Verguts
Gynecology-Obstetrics
Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
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