Variation in palmar interdigital ridge-counts among the 20 Dhangar castes of Maharashtra, India.

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Variation in palmar interdigital ridge-counts among the 20 Dhangar castes of Maharashtra, India.

Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur - 1 Sept 1996

Karmakar B, Vasu T S, Malhotra K C, Bhanu B V

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Bilateral palmar prints of 2927 males of 20 endogamous Dhangar castes of Maharashtra, India, were studied for the distributions of a-b, b-c and c-d interdigital ridge-counts. The ridge-counts have been utilized for examining the inter-population affinities among the Dhangar castes. The distributi...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Dermatoglyphics
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Pedigree

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