title: A dermatoglyphic study of the Amis aboriginal population of Taiwan.
abstract: Amis is the largest aboriginal population in Taiwan. The previous dermatoglyphic studies of the Amis only reported limited data. In this study, we collected and analyzed the dermatoglyphs of 200 Amis individuals, and we reported a wide range of dermatoglyphic variables including total finger ridge count, a-b ridge count, atd angle, axial triradius percent distance, and frequencies of fingerprint pattern, palmar thenar pattern, palmar interdigital pattern, and simian line. This study is the first comprehensive dermatoglyphic research of Amis since 1960s, and its dermatoglyphic data will be useful for future research in anthropology, genetics and medicine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Development, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan 970-74, China. yaofong@mail.tcu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yao-Fong
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: HaiGuo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chien-Fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Chun-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology