Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 51P
Identical (monozygotic) twins have similar, but not identical, fingerprints. Given that all the alleles of all the genes of identical twins are the same, explain how this outcome is possible.
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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