Fingerprint Patterns: a Study on Genetic Influence of Fingerprint Patterns among Gujarati Population in Western India

Fingerprints patterns are the most useful tool for personal identification 2. This technique is though conventional, it is reliable, and robust of all others. This technique is useful or establishing the identification of individuals both living and dead 5. It is being widely used for criminal identification. The genetic influence of DNA has been well established 2,3,4,9. In this an effort has been made to establish the influence of genetic factors in the occurrence of fingerprint patterns. Total number of samples considered in this study is 144. After a thorough systematic examination, it is found that there is a significant level of transmission of fingerprint patterns from parents to children. In this particular work, the incidence of the genetic influence of the fingerprint patterns has been studied in a small group of native Gujarati population.