And that’s what we’ve studied here with genetics,” Headon explains. This figure shows the three human fingerprint patterns that the researchers studied: arch, whorl, and loop. Fudi Wang ...

But in 2022, Headon’s team published a landmark paper in the journal Cell that revealed not only the process by which fingerprints are formed, but also the genes responsible.

But in 2022, Headon’s team published a landmark paper in the journal Cell that revealed not only the process by which fingerprints are formed, but also the genes responsible.