Dermatoglyphic variation in Europe.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199605)100:1<35::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-C

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Dermatoglyphic variation in Europe.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 May 1996

Sokal R R, Jantz R L, Thomson B A

Abstract excerpt

We describe the geographic variation patterns of 236 dermatoglyphic variables (118 for each sex) for 74 samples in Europe. Using principal components analysis and rotating to simple structure, we simplified these patterns to the first 20 axes, representing 74.2% of covariation. We then used heter...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Dermatoglyphics
Europe
Female
Fingers
Genetic Variation
Hominidae
Humans
Male
Models, Biological
Sex Characteristics

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