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- Title
A Multivariate Analysis of Dermatoglyphic Diversity and Asymmetry Traits in Two Isolated Bedouin Groups from South Sinai: Comparative Study n. 2.
- Authors
Karmakar B.; Kobyliansky E.
- Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare the pattern of dermatoglyphic differences among two isolated groups of Bedouin males, Gebeliya and Muzeina, from South Sinai with a high inbreeding coefficient of 0.0908 (Kobyliansky & Hershkovitz, 1997). Two different sets of dermatoglyphic traits (22 quantitative and 40 indices of diversity and asymmetry) were used and comparisons made via Statistical analyses, which included Factor, Cluster, and Mantel tests of matrix correlations. Extracted factors between the two sets of dermatoglyphic traits, namely "digital pattern size", "intra-individual diversity" and "bilateral asymmetry" were highly similar between the two Bedouin populations. These results indicate that biological validity of the underlying component structure perhaps exists irrespective of consanguineous or non-consanguineous populations. All variables (for both groups) could be categorized into three main clusters and these are similar for each population. This similarity was confirmed by the Mantel test of Matrix correlation comparisons. These results strongly suggest that a common genetic background also exits in the Bedouin groups, like in other populations, between two different sets of dermatoglyphic variables.
- Subjects
SINAI (Egypt); DERMATOGLYPHICS; MULTIVARIATE analysis; SYMMETRY (Biology); BEDOUINS; COMPARATIVE studies; INBREEDING
- Publication
International Journal of Anthropology, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
0393-9383
- Publication type
Article