The dermatoglyphic characteristics of two isolated Bedouin groups from South Sinai

Autor: Baruch Arensburg, Eugene Kobyliansky, Israel Hershkovitz, S. Micle
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: International Journal of Anthropology. 1:59-73
ISSN: 1824-3096
0393-9383
DOI: 10.1007/bf02443908
Popis: The dermatoglyphics of the Muzeina and Gebeliya Bedouin tribes, two small biologically isolated populations, leading a similar nomadic life under the specific conditions of the Sinai desert, were studied. The differences found between the studied samples concern particularly the frequencies of palmar and finger pattern types. These differences are in agreement with data on the origin of the tribes, a Negro and/or European admixture being evident in the Gebeliya dermatoglyphics. The coefficients of variation for some quantitative dermatoglyphic traits, presumably with a polygenic determination, are lower in the Muzeina than in the Gebeliya sample. Isolation and consanguinity may exert their influence on the dermatoglyphic traits influencing the frequencies of the corresponding genes.
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