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- Humans have invisible skin patterns, due to a quirk in how our enveloping layer forms. While we all can't see our own version of hypnotizing tiger stripes or cute cow splotches, it doesn't mean they're not there. Contrary to some internet rumors, they can't actually be seen by other animals either (no, your cat cannot see your secret stripes).
www.sciencealert.com/humans-actually-have-secret-stripes-and-other-strange-markings
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Apr 7, 2023 · It might not look like it, but you’re going to have to trust us on this one: human skin is covered in stripes. Called the lines of Blaschko, or Blaschko lines, it’s thought they map the ...
- Laura Simmons
Blaschko's lines, also called the lines of Blaschko, are lines of normal cell development in the skin. These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic [1][2][3] skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes.
Oct 1, 2021 · To recap, since 2012 or earlier, waves of social media users searched for “humans have stripes,” “humans have invisible stripes,” or “Blaschko’s lines,” likely landing on Wikipedia’s short entry. Prior to the 2020 Tumblr post, “humans have stripes” was its own curiosity.
Jan 11, 2022 · Human skin is overlaid with what dermatologists call Blaschko’s Lines, a pattern of stripes covering the body from head to toe. The stripes run up and down your arms and legs and hug your...
- Kate Horowitz
May 22, 2020 · The human body is covered in stripes called Blaschko’s Lines, which are typically invisible. They’re cellular relics of our development from a single cell to a fully formed human.
Blaschko lines or the lines of Blaschko are thought to represent pathways of epidermal cell migration and proliferation during the development of the fetus.
