Document Type
Article
Abstract
689 pairs of sibs from a Polish population are analyzed for the occurrence of the major dermatoglyphic patterns on each of the ten digits. Correlations between pairs of brothers, pairs of sisters, and brother-sister pairs, were calculated for the occurrence of whorls, ulnar loops, radial loops, either kind of loop, and arches on specific fingertips.Except for total loops, sister-sister correlations were lower for all patterns than those for other classes of sib pairs. The correlations obtained for all patterns suggest that pattern form cannot be explained readily by a number of polygenes of equivalent dominance. Monogenic or oligogenic determination, with a large nongenetic component, provide a more likely explanation.
Recommended Citation
Bener, Abdüari and Erk, Frank C.
(1980)
"Correlations Between Relatives with Respect to Dermatoglyphic Patterns on Specific Fingertips. II. Sib-sib Correlations,"
Human Biology:
Vol. 52:
Iss.
4, Article 15.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol52/iss4/15
