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Qualitative dermatoglyphic traits as measures of population distance
Author(s) -
Kamali M. Sharif,
Mavalwala Jamshed,
Khaneqah A. Askari,
Bhanu B. V.
Publication year - 1991
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.1330850407
Subject(s) - dendrogram , dermatoglyphics , demography , population , geography , variation (astronomy) , biology , evolutionary biology , sociology , archaeology , genetic diversity , physics , astrophysics
Thirteen Iranian populations of diverse origin have been analyzed for qualitative dermatoglyphic features utilizing bilateral finger and palmar prints of 3,158 individuals. Bimanual differences were significant for some of the features examined, whereas sex differences were frequently nonsignificant. Interpopulational variation displayed significant heterogeneity for all of the features studied. Distance analysis and constructed dendrograms provided separation between populations in agreement with known ethnohistoric records for hypothenar triradii, and for palmar and finger patterns, but not for the terminations of the D‐Line.