Total Finger Ridge-Count and the Polygenic Hypothesis: A Critiqu

Document Type

Article

Authors

M Weninger, Institut fur Humanbiologie, Wein, Austria
G Aue-Hauser, Institut fur Humanbiologie, Wein, Austria
V Scheiber, Institut fur midizinische Statistik und Dokumentation, Wien, Austria

Abstract

The distributions of total ridge count in dermatoglyphic material from Austria and Greece are examined for skewness and kurtosis. The results indicate that total ridge count may not be as useful an example of additive polygenic inheritance as is widely accepted.

Recommended Citation

Weninger, M; Aue-Hauser, G; and Scheiber, V (1976) "Total Finger Ridge-Count and the Polygenic Hypothesis: A Critiqu," Human Biology: Vol. 48: Iss. 4, Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol48/iss4/5