Despite the fact that the differences in epidermal ridge density between men and women
have been accepted for some time, they have only been thoroughly demonstrated in a small …

The minutiae, a term coined by Galton to refer to the small peculiarities present along the
length of every isolated ridge, or characteristic points, a term used primarily by the Spanish …

Dermatoglyphic patterns on the fingers often differ in syndromes and other conditions with a
developmental component, compared to the general population. Previous literature on the …

In parallel with the development of dermatoglyphics as a method of identification, data have
been accumulated on the characteristics of fingerprints related to sex and ethnic origin …

Dermatoglyphic traits have been used to evaluate population structure and
microdifferentiation in several populations. For Chibcha-speaking groups of Lower Central …

The present study involves the evaluation of digital dermatoglyphic traits of 2185 unrelated
individuals (1152 females and 1033 males) from 17 natural valleys of the four Basque …

A population from a Central Spanish region (Tormes-Alberche Valley) has been investigated
for the presence of red-green colour vision defects. A sample of 998 subjects (469 male and …

The study of the highly heritable human fingerprint patterns has been applied in personal
identification, crime detection, disease diagnosis and analysis of population characteristics …

AbstractThe present paper examines consanguineous marriages occurring between 1874
and 1975 in three valleys (Tormes, Alberche, and Tiétar) in the Sierra de Gredos mountain …

Dermatoglyphic finger patterns and pattern intensity were examined in a sample of 204 (105
males and 99 females) adults from the authochthonous Arab population of south central …