title: Harold Cummins--and the birth, growth and development of dermatoglyphics.
abstract: The work of Harold Cummins in dermatoglyphics is reviewed, in the areas of populational variability, twin studies, dermatoglyphics of non-human primates, and dermatoglyphic methodology.
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy; D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003878:Dermatoglyphics / Q000266:history; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D005828:Genetics, Population; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007713:Klinefelter Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D008251:Macaca; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D011323:Primates / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014034:Toes; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000175:diagnosis; D014481:United States