STUDY OF FINGERPRINT PATTERNS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH BLOOD GROUP AND GENDER IN SAURASHTRA REGION

Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashish Rathva, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMERS Medical College,Junagadh, India. Mobile No.: 8758898589/8160044060 E-Mail: aashish.rathwa60@gmail.com Finger prints are considered as the best tool of identification of person. Finger print evidence is by far the most effective and reliableevidence in the court of law. Two major aspects which prove the efficiency of finger prints are, the ridges formed during thefetal period do not change their course of alignment throughout the life of an individual until the skin is decomposed andthe other one is two finger prints of either a same individual or two different individuals are never alike, they differ in theirpatterns and ridge characteristics. Due to this unique attribute of finger print, it is widely considered asconclusive evidence in the court of law. We have carried out a study including 150 medical students of GMERS Medical College Junagadh, Gujarat, among which 75 were male and 75 werefemale subjects having different ABO blood groups belonging to different age groups.All the 10 fingerprint patterns were divided into Loops, Whorls and Arches. Results indicating thatLoops are most commonly found fingerprint patterns while, Arches are least common. Loops dominated in all the Blood groupsof both Rh+veand Rh-venegative individuals whereas, Whorls were found to be dominating in only O-veblood group. The onlycorrelation between gender and finger print patterns in this study is that, Loops and Arches were found in higher frequencyin Females compared to Males and whorls were found to be high in males compared to females.