title: Ethnic diversity in Punjab as based on finger dermatoglyphics.
abstract: Four ethnic groups of Punjab having same dialect viz. Khatris, Jats, Brahmins and Muslims were taken to see ethnic differences in regards to the distribution of whorls, loops, and arches of finger dermatoglyphics. The results show that there is a great diversity in the four groups for these parameters. These groups were compared with similar ethnic groups of other places having different dialect. The results reveal that there seems to be ethnic affinity between the group known by same name and which is true for all the four groups.
mesh_terms: D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007802:Language