Article
Finger ridge-count variability in sub-Saharan Africa.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Jantz R L, Hawkinson C H
Abstract excerpt
Mean finger ridge-count data were obtained, primarily from literature sources, for 31 male and 24 female sub-Saharan African samples. The 10 finger ridge-counts and total ridge-count were used as independent variables in a multiple regression analysis, latitude and longitude serving in turn as the dependent variables. The results show that it is not the magnitude of the ridge-counts themselves that is important,...
Topics
- Africa, Southern
- Africa, Western
- Dermatoglyphics
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Regression Analysis