A genetic mutation causes a very rare few to be born without fingerprints, a new...

A genetic mutation causes a very rare few to be born without fingerprints, a new study says.


Mutated DNA Causes No-Fingerprint Disease -- National Geographic
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Almost every person is born with fingerprints, and everyone's are unique. But people with a rare disease known as adermatoglyphia do not have fingerprints from birth. Affecting only four known extended families worldwide, the condition is also called immigration-delay disease, since a lack of finger...

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