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IMMIGRATION DELAY DISEASE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

[An] extremely rare genetic disorder which causes a person to have no fingerprints.

CONT

[The specialist] tracked down three other unrelated families that included people with adermatoglyphia, which they dubbed "immigration delay disease," and successfully located the single gene mutation responsible in 2011.

CONT

The finger pads of people with adermatoglyphia are entirely flat—they have none of the arching or looping ridges that characterize the fingerprints of virtually all humans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Dactyloscopie
CONT

L'adermatoglyphie est une maladie génétique extrêmement rare; elle se caractérise par l'absence totale de dermatoglyphes, c'est-à-dire l'absence totale d'empreintes et de crêtes papillaires que ce soit au niveau des mains ou des pieds. Elle ne touche que quatre familles réparties dans le monde.

Spanish

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