Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:15:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Samuel Lubell <samlubell at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Murder at the Clone Convention
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

--- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net> wrote:
> Samuel Lubell <samlubell at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ... (hardly likely dental records would be
> different, body scars,
> > weight etc.), ...
>
> I disagree.  Genes are a recipe, not a blueprint.
> Tooth decay, teeth
> out of alignment, and scars are entirely acquired.
> Weight is largely
> acquired, as proven by people such as Lee Strong any
> myself, who weigh
> far less than we used to, despite not having changed
> our respective
> genomes at all.

Yes Keith, I know.  I was being ironic.  Of course
scars aren't in the DNA.

>
> Identical twins don't even have the same
> fingerprints.

This I didn't know (although it makes sense that
fatter fingers would have different prints than
thinner ones).

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