Dermatoglyphic analysis of Habans (Hutterites) from Slovakia.
Dermatoglyphic traits have been used to assess population structure and affinities of the 91 Habans (Hutterites) and 162 Non-Haban Slovaks. In addition a comparison has been made with other Slovak population samples. Biological distances between individual populations were assessed by means of the Hiernaux distance coefficient. The results show a clear separation of the Habans from the Non-Habans in the same villages as well as from the other Slovak groups. Dermatoglyphic analysis is regarded as noncompatible with the interpretation of the genetic structure.
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Department of Anthropology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Sivakova@nic.fns.uniba.sk
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D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018154:Slovakia