A study on ethno-racial variation of lip prints

Diksha; Shubhangi Vashisht; Dr. Priyanka Verma; Ms. Navjot Kaur

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

A study on ethno-racial variation of lip prints

Diksha, Shubhangi Vashisht, Dr. Priyanka Verma, Ms. Navjot Kaur

Abstract :

Ethnic groups of population generating due to genetic heterogeneity possess intense challenge in the process of identification. The concept of individuality remains a strong point used in the analysis of fingerprints; likewise, the lip print of an individual is unique and hence holds possible for personal identification which could further assist in forensic investigation. The present study aims at determining the morphological patterns of lip prints in different races and evaluating the minutiae’s and individual characteristics of lip print patterns in different races. Identification and estimation of most frequent type of lip print in some particular races is done. Out of 90 females selected for study (30 of each racial group) it was concluded that the most common lip print pattern among Caucasoid and Mongoloid was anched while in Negroid was intersected. The least common lip print pattern among Caucasoid was reticular, among Mongoloid was reticular and undetermined and among Negroid was undetermined. The frequency of anched type lip print was very high in Caucasoid and Mongoloid but frequency of intersected was high in Negroid