title: Hot on the Trail of Genes that Shape Our Fingerprints.
abstract: Fingerprint patterns have been associated with their ability to identify an individual uniquely, but can uniqueness be understood genetically? Ho et al. point out some key variants that may be responsible for some of the concentric patterns that are observed in digital skin. Furthermore, they propose that one highly associated gene, ADAMTS9-AS2, has a role in epigenetic regulation, a role that may be important in early-stage digit development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pośpiech
authors.affiliation: Department of General Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. Electronic address: wojciech.branicki@uj.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Branicki
mesh_terms: D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans