People with DNA fingerprints - artwork

  • Dan Salaman
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People with DNA fingerprints - artwork. Dan Salaman. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Computer-generated artwork showing related people with their own unique DNA fingerprints. Although some bands are shared, the whole pattern is unique to each individual. Differences between people are often caused by single base changes known as SNPs which can affect a person's susceptability do disease as well as their physical appearence and personality traits.

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