An american FBI series were saying that identical twins have the same DNA and the same fingerprints. Do you know if this is true.
2007-02-16 00:45:17 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Yes they have identical DNA but the fingerprints are mirror images as is the hair one goes round clockwise the other anti clockwise.
2007-02-16 01:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes this is true. Only identical twins have the same DNA and fingerprints. If they are Paternal twins they are different. Identical twins share in everything beginning before birth. They share the same sac in the womb and originated as one egg that split in two giving them the exact same genes. Look at kinda like a clone of each other.
2007-02-16 10:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
DNA would be the same I think but fingerprints are completely different!
A fingerprint expert explained to me that the marks on your fingers and toes are formed when you are in your mothers womb you have pad like tips on your fingers and toes and by moving about in the womb makes unique patterns called fingerprints.
2007-02-16 13:02:12 · answer #3 · answered by Lyns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Im a twin! DNA is the same but nobody has the same fingerprints.
2007-02-16 08:54:46 · answer #4 · answered by Girl 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My guru in all things, The Straight Dope, says the fingerprints are similar but NOT identical.
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980821.html
And here is a discussion of the difference between genotype and phenotype, which also shows why DNA is identical (except for post-division mutations).
http://forensic-evidence.com/site/ID/ID_Twins.html
Just thought you'd like some sources to verify the correct answers here.
2007-02-16 15:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA yes, the fingerprints would show slightly different but would have a high probability of hits much more so than yours or mine compared together.
2007-02-16 09:31:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i saw a show on a murder case where the twins had same DNA and the wrong brother was arrested and charged. but he didnt snitch on his brother. they later found out by fingerprints. so they have dif. finger prints same DNA.
2007-02-16 09:18:35 · answer #7 · answered by 9thwonder 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same DNA but not fingerprints (no fingerprints are the same)
2007-02-16 08:47:45 · answer #8 · answered by leedsmikey 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No two people have the same fingerprints. Don't know about DNA - I guess it would be similar but don't know about exactly the same.
2007-02-16 08:47:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
DNA is very close, but fingerprints, although they may be similar, ie: tented arches, whorls, and loops, each twin's is distinctly different.
2007-02-16 09:18:39 · answer #10 · answered by rico3151 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋