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Murat Çetkin1, Selin Bayko1, Tunç Kutoğlu1
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul Medeniyet University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Hair whorl direction and handedness were stated to have a common genetic basis in the random recessive model. This study was carried out with a total of 317 healthy young males. The association between hair whorl swirling direction and handedness, footedness and eyedness were assessed. The direction of hair whorl was clockwise at a rate of 76.7%, and counter clock wise at a rate of 23.3%. There was no significant association between hair whorl direction and handedness, footedness, and eyedness (p > .05). The results indicate that hair whorl swirling direction is not an evident marker of functional laterality.
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