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Plantar zygodactylous triradii and corresponding patterns
Author(s) -
AueHauser Gertrud
Publication year - 1979
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.1330510106
Subject(s) - type (biology) , expression (computer science) , pattern recognition (psychology) , mathematics , basis (linear algebra) , classification scheme , computer science , artificial intelligence , geometry , geology , information retrieval , paleontology , programming language
Taking into consideration the methods of Cummins and Sicomo ('23), Cummins and Midlo ('43) and Penrose and Loesch ('69) a new classification scheme of plantar zygodactylous triradii has been introduced, differentiating three expression types, i.e., strong, medium and weak. On the basis of plantar prints of 500 ♂ Viennese the frequencies of these expression types were established. Furthermore their relations to the pattern types located proximally were studied. It resulted that certain pattern types are always and others never associated with a zygodactylous triradius. Therefore it is possible to predict the existence of a zygodactylous triradius non visible on the print if the corresponding pattern type is known.