Relationships of epidermal ridge patterns with body measurements and their possible evolutionary significance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8320311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danuta Z Loesch (0000-0002-2180-2606, La Trobe University), Maureen Lafranchi (La Trobe University) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-189 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330820207 |
| PMID | 2360612 |
| OpenAlex | W2026340056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
It is commonly believed that in humans epidermal ridge patterns are in regression relative to nonhuman primates, and they play no role in adaptive processes. In contrast with this we have found relationships between anthropometric and dermatoglyphic measurements in a sample of 61 normal males. Anthropometric variables included limb, trunk, head, and face measures. Dermatoglyphic variables included finger ridge counts and pattern intensities and ridge breadth in the palmar interdigital area II. The strongest relationship is between the type and size of pattern on the thumb and the breadth of ridges, and wrist width, which accounts for nearly 30% of the total variance in these traits. These findings identify previously unknown sources of variation in dermatoglyphic patterns and indicate that the dermatoglyphic–anthropometric relationships might have resulted from selection pressures in evolution of modern man
Anthropometry · Biology · Dermatoglyphics · Evolutionary biology · Geography · Regression · Ridge · Statistics · Trunk · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics · Mathematics · Paleontology
Fingerprints, Palms and Soles
Principal component analysis of shape variables in adult individuals
Dermal ridge patterns and fertility in a Polish rural sample
Evidence for directional non-additivity in the genetics of finger ridge counts
Finger ridge patterns and tactile sensitivity
Prenatal selection and dermatoglyphic patterns
Anthropometric multivariate structure and dermatoglyphic peculiarities in biochemically and morphologically different heterozygous groups
Dermatoglyphic characters and physique
Hominid hand use in the pliocene and pleistocene
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2016 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |