How Do My Fingerprints Form?

How do fingerprints form? Even though many people think it’s random, a lot of it has to do with your genes!

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Sources:
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/19/77...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/art...
http://math.arizona.edu/~anewell/publ...
http://biometrics.cse.msu.edu/Publica...
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.n...
http://www.livescience.com/30-lasting...

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