You're unique
There are so many small differences in the DNA sequence between one person and another that each person's DNA can be considered as a unique 'fingerprint'.
Your DNA fingerprint is inherited - half from your mother, half from your father. Nobody else shares your fingerprint, unless you are an identical twin.
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The first ever genetic fingerprint, from 1984
Image: Science Museum / Science & Society Pic. Lib. |
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