eli5 why do identical twins have the same DNA but not the same fingerprints?
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Throw a rock in a bucket of paint such that the splash lands on a white canvas.
Now, set up another canvas and bucket of paint, and throw a rock again.
The two splashes of paint look pretty similar, but they’re nowhere near identical.
You followed the same instructions both times, but got different results due to tiny variations in the circumstances.
Genetics works the same way.
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