Sex and side differences and correlations between quantitative palmar characteristics in a sample Sardinian population

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ID8312260
AuthorsGiovanni Floris (0000-0003-2391-5425, University of Sassari, corresponding author)
Year1975
Volume42
Issue2
Pages277-280
Publication date1975-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330420217
PMID1119552
OpenAlexW1993006918
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

Differences between the sexes and between the sides and the correlations between four quantitative characteristics of palmar dermatoglyphics in a sample population of 809 individuals (418 males and 391 females) from the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, are tested. Males have a greater number of ridges than females, shown by a greater a‐b ridge count and A‐d ridge count, and a more transverse slope of the main lines, shown by a greater main line index and papillary number. The left palm shows a greater number of ridges than the right palm between the A line and the triradius d and between the triradii a and b, with a lower main line index and papillary number. The a‐b ridge count has a negative correlation with the main line index and with the papillary number and a positive one with the A‐d ridge count; these correlations are greater in the left palms, especially in the males

Archaeology · Cartography · Dermatoglyphics · Geography · Palm · Physics · Population · Ridge · Demography · Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

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