Relation each thing bears to itself alone

Shadow of a DNA double helix on sequencing output

DNA double helix and sequencing output

The first DNA fingerprint. The first three lanes contain DNA from a woman, her mother and her father respectively. Lanes 4 - 11 contain DNA from assorted other species including mouse, baboon, lemur, cow, grey seal and tobacco (last lane). The DNA probe used in this experiment detected tandomly repeated short stretches of DNA called minisatellites whose length varies between individuals.

An early DNA fingerprint showing DNA patterns from a mother (lanes 2 and 8) and her four children (adjacent lanes to the right). Lane 1 is an unrelated person. The two sets of lanes show the fingerprints reveled with two different probes that detect different types of repeated sequences.

People with DNA fingerprints - artwork

Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny.

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Pressure drop : Billy Bragg and his band in a drama of passion and prejudice : by Mick Gordon : new theatre for the incurably curious, 19 April - 12 May / Wellcome Collection.

Identity : mental health and value systems / [edited by Kenneth Soddy].

Individuation and identity in early modern philosophy : Descartes to Kant / Kenneth F. Barber and Jorge J.E. Gracia, editors.

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Identity (Philosophical concept)

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Shadow of a DNA double helix on sequencing output

Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny.

Pressure drop : Billy Bragg and his band in a drama of passion and prejudice : by Mick Gordon : new theatre for the incurably curious, 19 April - 12 May / Wellcome Collection.

Identity : mental health and value systems / [edited by Kenneth Soddy].

Individuation and identity in early modern philosophy : Descartes to Kant / Kenneth F. Barber and Jorge J.E. Gracia, editors.

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Images from the collections

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Shadow of a DNA double helix on sequencing output

Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny.

Pressure drop : Billy Bragg and his band in a drama of passion and prejudice : by Mick Gordon : new theatre for the incurably curious, 19 April - 12 May / Wellcome Collection.

Identity : mental health and value systems / [edited by Kenneth Soddy].

Individuation and identity in early modern philosophy : Descartes to Kant / Kenneth F. Barber and Jorge J.E. Gracia, editors.

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