Characterization of digital dermatoglyphic features in Salazar Valley: comparison with other Basque valleys
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M I Arrieta1, B Criado, B Martinez
1Departamento de Biología Animal y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain.
Annals of Human Biology
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Digital dermatoglyphics of a sample from the Basque Valley of Salazar, situated in the West of the Pyrenees, were analysed. The results showed bimanual differences in both sexes, and also sexual differences for both hands. The comparative study with other Basque valleys showed that, in spite of their supposed common origin, the geographic barriers and the isolation have generated a genetic/dermatoglyphic and linguistic differentiation.