Some genetic traits in Solomon Island populations. III. Relative toe length

Among 1,605 Solomon Islanders from four tribes, there was no sex difference in relative length of the first and second toes. In three of the tribes, longer first toes were slightly more frequent in persons over the age of 45. The percentages of longer first toes in the groups as a whole were 60.5% for Baegu, 66.4% for Nasioi, and 72.1% for Kwaio. These frequencies, resembling those reported for white Americans, Europeans, and single small samples of New Caledonians and Vietnamese, were much below those for Africans. The fourth tribe, the Lau, had only 37.1% with a longer first toe, the lowest percentage reproted so far around the world. No simple mode of single‐gene inheritance was apparent, and polygenic inheritance is proposed

Biology · Gene · Inheritance (genetic algorithm) · Pacific islanders · Population · Tribe · Vietnamese · Anthropology · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics

• A population genetic study of the Banks and Torres Islands (Vanuatu) and of the Santa Cruz Islands and polynesian outliers (Solomon Islands)

  Open Access•N M Blake, B R Hawkins et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1983

  Añadir item

• Descriptions of the upper limb skeleton of Homo floresiensis

  Open Access•G Larson, S G Larson et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2009

  Añadir item

• Descriptions of the lower limb skeleton of Homo floresiensis

  Open Access•William L Jungers, G Larson et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2009

  Añadir item

• The foot of the South African native

  Open Access•L H Wells•American Journal of Physical…•1931

  Añadir item

• On the Relative Length of the First Three Toes of the Human Foot

  J Park Harrison•The Journal of the Anthropological…•1884

  Añadir item