Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0066046

Zusammenfassung

The skin of our hands and feet is specialized, containing ridges, called dermatoglyphs, important for tactile sensitivity. Ridges at the tips of our fingers are categorized as arches, loops and whorls that are unique to each individual, even identical twins have different patterns. Although fingerprint based personal identification dominates modern lives and absence of dermatoglyphs is associated with diseases, the mechanisms that regulate their formation are unknown. The role of epigenetic regulation of gene expression in differentiation and development is widely appreciated, yet litt...