Finger dermatoglyphics in Delta de l'Ebre: a Mediterranean Spanish population

Pattern types and quantitative finger dermatoglyphics have been analyzed in a Spanish population samples (141 males, 200 females) from the Mediterranean coast. For both dermatoglyphic traits sexual and bilateral differences were tested by means of Chi-square and Student's t-test. Concerning the pattern types the male samples show an intermediate position in the Spanish variation range, whereas the female sample differs from all the populations compared. In regard of the quantitative values the Delta de l'Ebre population is within the general range of ridge counts described for other Iberian samples. This is valid for both sexes.