The Palmar a-b Ridge Count and Sex Chromosomes

Document Type

Article

Authors

Hiroshi Shiono, National Nishi-Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Junichi Kadowaki, National Nishi-Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Hitoshi Tanda, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan

Abstract

The a-b ridge counts on the palms of 480 normal Japanese (351 males and 129 females), plus samples of 25 Japanese with Klinefelter’s syndrome and 5 with Turner’s syndrome were studied. Increased numbers of sex chromosomes were associated with the reduced mean sum of the a-b ridge count.

Recommended Citation

Shiono, Hiroshi; Kadowaki, Junichi; and Tanda, Hitoshi (1975) "The Palmar a-b Ridge Count and Sex Chromosomes," Human Biology: Vol. 47: Iss. 4, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol47/iss4/10