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Migration and the plasticity of physique in the Japanese‐Americans of Hawaii
Author(s) -
Froehlich J. W.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330320313
Subject(s) - anthropometry , demography , dominance (genetics) , immigration , conservatism , psychology , geography , biology , medicine , sociology , political science , genetics , archaeology , politics , law , gene
Certain anthropometric increases occur among the immigrant and subsequent two generations of Japanese‐Americans in Hawaii. These changes are correlated with stature and appear to reflect a general increase in body size. The growth trend was more rapid in males and terminated after one American‐born generation, suggesting that a maximization of hereditary growth potential may have been reached. For the females, however, metrical increases were more gradual and extended into the third generation. Ethnographic factors of cultural conservatism of women and male dominance in the Japanese family are discussed in connection with this sex difference.