Cj328 Forensic Fingerprint Analysis Unit 1
Unit 5 Assignment
Tina Adams
July 5, 2015
Kaplan -CJ328 Forensic Fingerprint Analysis
Professor Patrick Morley
Part 1
Based upon your expertise in regards to fingerprint and friction-skin development, explain why the following conclusion regarding human cloning is false.
Premise: The proven fact that identical twins do not have the same fingerprints has been accepted. However, human clones present a different set of friction skin development issues.
Conclusion: The clone, being directly derived from the host, would indeed have the same fingerprints. That is, the ridge events in a unit formation of the host and the clone would correspond.
Based on what I have learned about fingerprints and the friction-skin development the clone would not have the same fingerprints. Fingerprints are formed in the womb and the variation of the pressures and amniotic fluid help form the ridge events. Every movement or how fast or slow the baby grows has an effect on the design of fingerprints. This happens during the third or fourth month of fetal development.
That is why identical twins do not have the same fingerprints (Revermann & Media, 2015). They may have the same DNA but it is not just DNA that has factors in fingerprints. Identical twins share the …show more content…
There are only three basic patterns and they are loops, arches, and whorls. Loops cover about 60-65 %, whorls cover about 25-30 % and arches cover 5-10% of all fingerprints. These classifications can be divided even further like plain and tented arches, or radial and ulnar patterns. An example would be that an examiner found a set of fingerprints on a glass. Now they will be able to compare the prints to see if it has the same print pattern as the offender, which is a loop pattern. The loop pattern is a fingerprint class type, along with the arch and
Tina Adams
July 5, 2015
Kaplan -CJ328 Forensic Fingerprint Analysis
Professor Patrick Morley
Part 1
Based upon your expertise in regards to fingerprint and friction-skin development, explain why the following conclusion regarding human cloning is false.
Premise: The proven fact that identical twins do not have the same fingerprints has been accepted. However, human clones present a different set of friction skin development issues.
Conclusion: The clone, being directly derived from the host, would indeed have the same fingerprints. That is, the ridge events in a unit formation of the host and the clone would correspond.
Based on what I have learned about fingerprints and the friction-skin development the clone would not have the same fingerprints. Fingerprints are formed in the womb and the variation of the pressures and amniotic fluid help form the ridge events. Every movement or how fast or slow the baby grows has an effect on the design of fingerprints. This happens during the third or fourth month of fetal development.
That is why identical twins do not have the same fingerprints (Revermann & Media, 2015). They may have the same DNA but it is not just DNA that has factors in fingerprints. Identical twins share the …show more content…
There are only three basic patterns and they are loops, arches, and whorls. Loops cover about 60-65 %, whorls cover about 25-30 % and arches cover 5-10% of all fingerprints. These classifications can be divided even further like plain and tented arches, or radial and ulnar patterns. An example would be that an examiner found a set of fingerprints on a glass. Now they will be able to compare the prints to see if it has the same print pattern as the offender, which is a loop pattern. The loop pattern is a fingerprint class type, along with the arch and