PubMed · 4180154
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C Zavala. 1969-03-22. Fingertip patterns.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(69)91570-0
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Penrose hypothesized that fingerprint patterns such as loops, whorls, etc. are formed by ridges corresponding to the lines of curvature of the skin of the embryo at the time when the ridges were being formed. Under this hypothesis, Smith (1979) has shown analytically how some patterns emerge. In this paper it is shown that (i) Smith's differential equation has an exact solution and (ii) the extension given here supplies the remaining important patterns.
A study of 100 MZ (55 female and 45 male) and 97 DZ (50 male and 47 female) same-sexed twin pairs was carried out to analyse the genetic component of the variance of the a-b, b-c and c-d interdigital ridge counts by means of the Christian method. Especially for the a-b interdigital ridge count, we found it important to analyse both sexes separately. Our results suggest that the a-b count in males seems to be more influenced by environmental factors than the other counts. For females, the three interdigital counts seem to have a strong genetic component influencing their phenotypic expression. Factor analysis with VARIMAX rotation showed each interdigital ridge count to be genetically independent.
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