Families Fingerprints..

Here is just a print of my mom's and mine right hand. Done with red ink. There are three lots of rubbings, all from the same hand just was comparing how much ink gave you the most clear print. And it was the 2nd row of fingerprints.



Here is when the comparison for the final project is happening. I have took the thumb print of my mum and me and placed it together to see what i can see is similiar between them both.



Sisters (right and left hand prints) :

Fingerprints (The Interesting Bit..)

Fingerprint ridges (patterns) start to develop during three to four month of the fetal development, the point of the ridges develping is so that its easier to gain grip of objects when older. The friction that the ridges cause on the fingers, aloows the ridges to arrange themselves in more or less regular patterns with the ridge patterns. All fingerprints have a unique combination and arrangement of patterns and ridge characteristics. The patterns of friction ridges, that are created, contain rows of sweat pores that allow sweat and or oil to exit from glands. Sweat mixed with other body oils and dirt produces fingerprints on smooth surfaces.

No two fingerprints have ever been discovered to be alike, not even on identical twins, even though fingerprints are very similiar in familes, but they are not inherited. Fingerprints cannot be altered or changed, even when scar tissue is created the skin that grows back will produce the same pattern.

If it has been proved that families fingerprints do look similar, then how closley similiar do they resemble each other?

Fingerprint identification:
In order for indentification to be made with fingerprints, with crimes and other things, certain things have to match. They have to have a similiar or same amount of fingerprint ridges to be matched up.
Fingerprint identification is assesed with three levels. Level one being the ridges flow and the layout of the ridges, there not extact way of finding out but they can help to exclude certain people from fingerprint enquiries. Level 2 is ridge characteristics and placement and this can allow a individual to be matched, and level 3 looks at the angle of the paths, width, shape, pores, edge contours, breaks, scars and cuts and this can lead to prosecutions.

Here is an example of level three identification:

Different Types Of Fingerprints.

Everyone has unique fingerprints. Whether thy are simple loop, arch, whorl and double loop. Most of these patterns high easily determined just by looking at your own finger but in the main catogries there is sub catogries to a finger print patter such as:
Arch:
- plain arch
- tented arch

Loops:
- radial loop
- Ulnar loop

Whorl:- Plain whorl
- Central pocket whorl
- double loop whorl
- accidental whorl

Feed Nite. 01.03.10

Okay so this has nothing to do with the DNA final project, but i just wanted to comment, on the night. The arhcitecture company Make came in and it was a really good night. The way in which the company guy, did the presentation was very different, he used visuals to show us what he meant rather then just stand there and talk.

There architecture is beautiful and interesting and they have some very intricate designs that looks stunning. They possibilities are endless for them. Its great to see a unqiue company.

Overall a good night.
(:

link: http://www.makearchitects.com/

Gattaca (:

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On Thursday we watched a movie called Gattaca. It ws based on a theme of DNA and human genetics. The movie itself was very very good. At the start it was very slow paced, and you didnt really know what was happening, but as it gradually got further in the movie the plot came to the surface. There was this guy who was knowen as an 'invalid' and this was because he was born naturally, and from that natural birth they were able to determain what problems he will have in life e.g heart diseas etc and his brother found it hard to except beacuse he was a 'valid' person born in a not normal way. The invalid guy takes on a roll of a valid person, and he becomse him. The 'valid' guy gives the 'invalid' guy blood, urine and also sweat and other bodily fluids, this is so he can take on the identity of the 'valid' guy for a job on a space shuttle. Its a very good film, and i really liked it and it really has put in perspective what DNA and genes can really mean, and what they can create.
Here below are screen shots of the most defining moments in the movie.

Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst created several artworks. He is a very talented artist, and here are some of the works of art he has done to do with medical things, and its got a sub title of:
Pharmacy.






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Gina Glover.

-> Chromosomes Take To The Sky. Glover has also created several images for IVF clinics inspired by images and concepts on the subject of assisted conception


->Sperm Morphology. These ties belong to staff members at the ACU and have been rearranged to show variations in human sperm structure


->Yes! Monthly test strips in which pregnancy is indicated by the presence of two blue lines. The title indicates the excitement of a positive result – eventually


->Chromosome Socks, displayed in the genetic department at Guys hospital in London


-> Donated Eggs, on show at the IVF clinic at Guy's hospital, London. These eggs were donated by assisted conception unit staff, family and friends. Guy's and St Thomas' Charity commissioned Glover's one-year residency at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS foundation trust ACU


Gina Glover is a photographer and artist that makes interesting artwork.
Here is some stuff she has done to do with DNA ; chromosomes, IVF etc.