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Fingerprints are as fascinating as the iris, a part of the eye. Just as the iris, they can be used to identify someone. That is why they are crucial when applying for a national identification card ...

In the most comprehensive analysis to date, researchers found that the shapes of fingerprints -- whether they are circular, wavy, or winding -- are influenced by the genes responsible for limb ...

The study was conducted by a team of international scientists comprising those from Shanghai, Australia, UK, USA, and India Chandana Basu, scientist from Centre for Genetic Disorders, Institute of ...

A study, recently published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals of Science -CELL, has found that fingerprint patterns in humans are determined by the limb development genes. The study ...

This comparative study was subjected to determine fingerprint pattern distribution and gender variation on the basis of fingerprint ridge density in Pakistani population. Seventeen hundred and sixty ...