How Do My Fingerprints Form?

How do fingerprints form? Even though many people think it’s random, a lot of it has to do with your genes! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Annotations: Why Are There Animals on My Face?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRQG8C94yJ4&list=UUZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow Twins x Twins = Twins? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5xroTbYrRw Sources: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/19/7733.full.pdf http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-ones-fingerprints-sim/ http://math.arizona.edu/~anewell/publications/Fingerprint_Formation.pdf http://biometrics.cse.msu.edu/Publications/Fingerprint/JainetalTwinFp_PR02.pdf http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0035704 http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/fingerprintsourcebookchp3.pdf http://www.livescience.com/30-lasting-impression-fingerprints-created.html