Abstract

Introduction: The personal identification is reliable tool for both legal and societal motives in forensic discipline. The utmost conventional manner of identification of individuals is based on the fingerprints. The present study has been carried out on 200 subjects, 100 males and 100 females of different age groups belonging to range from 18-55 years of Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat population to compare the differences in bilateral symmetry in dermatoglyphic patterns along with frequency distribution of patterns with reference to the geographical locations. The research recommends that there are significant differences in bilateral symmetry and fingerprint patterns between males and females within the two populations and significant differences are observed between the two populations. The predominant fingerprint pattern was Ulnar loop, followed by Whorl in both Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat state. Moreover, it was observed that maximum inhabitants have 80% of Bilateral Symmetry in (40%) of the two populations followed by 100% (26%) of both Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat populations.

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