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The Symmetry of the Plantar Main Line Formula in an Indian Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P. K. Datta
P. K. Datta*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Delhi, (India)

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The plantar dermatoglyphic prints of 125 male and 125 female Panjabi Indians have been studied in order to determine the relative incidence of symmetry and asymmetry.

Females tend to possess a higher degree of symmetry than males. On the contrary, asymmetry shows a preponderence in males.

The differences between males and females are statistically significant when total symmetry is compared to total asymmetry, or when a comparison is made between the three groups of S and A. However, when the total symmetry and the rest of the combinations taken together are studied statistically, the differences appear to be of doubtful significance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1964 , pp. 305 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1964

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