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The disease adermatoglyphia has got to have one of the weirder public ones: "immigration delay disease."
Ars Technica John Timmer 2011
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Researchers at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center tested a Swiss family affected by adermatoglyphia, comparing the genomes of the nine family members without fingerprints with the seven family members with prints.
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In the Swiss family, members with adermatoglyphia have a shortened version of SMARCAD1, expressed solely in the skin.
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This might seem like a ticket to a life of consequence-free crime, but in fact, adermatoglyphia often comes with unpleasant side effects, including skin blistering and facial cysts.
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In investigating adermatoglyphia, which causes people to be born without fingerprints dermatoglyphs, or ridges on the fingertips, and also affects the palms, toes and soles, researchers examined a large Swiss family affected by the extremely rare condition.
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The condition adermatoglyphia has been linked to a mutation in the gene SMARCAD1.
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