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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Why Are There Animals on My Face?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRQG8C94yJ4&list=UUZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow

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Sources:
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/19/7733.full.pdf
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-ones-fingerprints-sim/
http://math.arizona.edu/~anewell/publications/Fingerprint_Formation.pdf
http://biometrics.cse.msu.edu/Publications/Fingerprint/JainetalTwinFp_PR02.pdf
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0035704
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/fingerprintsourcebookchp3.pdf
http://www.livescience.com/30-lasting-impression-fingerprints-created.html

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