title: Pattern influence on the fingers.
abstract: In this study dermatoglyphic traits in 16 populations in northern Hungary were examined. The occurrence and probability of the manifestation of finger pattern types were analysed. Certain relationships were found that show that if a given pattern type is present on one of the fingers, then, in these cases, the frequency of pattern types on the other nine fingers typically is different from that in the entire sample. We termed this relationship or effect; pattern influence. In most cases there was a strong significant difference in frequency values between the entire sample and the studied cases. We studied the relationship of populations and pattern types using correspondence analysis. In the entire sample, most populations are located around the ulnar loop and the whorl. This arrangement is significantly and typically different in pattern-influence cases. Most populations aggregated around the pattern type in which pattern influence was studied. Pattern influence was found in all populations studied, and in both sexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, P.O. Box 6, Hungary. nagyas@delfin.unideb.hu
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pap
mesh_terms: D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male