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Hair patterns of the scalp of white and Negro males
Author(s) -
Setty Laurel Raymond
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.1330330108
Subject(s) - scalp , white (mutation) , biology , incidence (geometry) , anatomy , genetics , mathematics , gene , geometry
Three basic hair patterns of the scalp are recognized. These are totopilose, indentato‐pilose, and indentato‐circulo‐pilose. The indentato‐pilose has the highest incidence in both white and Negro males, and the totopilose is over four times more common in the Negroes than in the whites. The indentato‐pilose has high correlation with the pecto‐sterno‐infraclavicular chest hair pattern in both groups.