Qualitative finger and palmar dermatoglyphics

Sexual dimorphism in the Chuvashian population of Russia

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ID3778685
AuthorsBibha Karmakar (Indian Statistical Institute), K Ykovenko, E Kobyliansky (0000-0001-9691-3813)
Year2007
Volume65
Issue4
Pages383-390
Publication date2007-12-12
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
PublisherS ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/anthranz/65/2007/383
PMID18196762
OpenAlexW2404355491
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Qualitative finger and palmar dermatoglyphics of 547 individuals (293 males, 254 females) belonging to the Chuvashian population of Russia were studied to determine sexual dimorphism. The pattern types are not uniformly distributed on 10 fingers. Sex difference is homogeneous in all fingers whereas palmar patterns reflect the better sex variations for three palmar configurational areas (II, III, and IV). This is perhaps due to embryological development, having a relatively longer growth period compared with fingers (Cummins 1929). The present results of the Chuvashian population are not similar to the results of the five Indian populations of our previous study (Karmakar et al. 2002), perhaps due to a major ethnic difference.

Biology · Dermatoglyphics · Ethnic group · Homogeneous · Population · Sexual difference · Sexual dimorphism · Significant difference · Sociology · Zoology · Anthropology · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Demography · Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology

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