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Inheriting Fingerprint Patterns: A Study by Chen Shih-Fen is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study examines the link between fingerprints and genetics by analyzing fingerprints from seven related individuals to see how fingerprints are similar between family members, especially siblings. Fingerprints of siblings were measured and analyzed, finding their ridge features were very similar with only small differences. This supports that fingerprint patterns may be inherited genetically. The dominant fingerprint pattern in the family studied was found to be loops, and this pattern seemed to be pass

Author

Chen Shih-Fen

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EN