• Animal cells and systems
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.507-511
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• 1998

Fingerprints of 100 New Zealand-Samoan males and 93 females have been analyzed. Whorls are more numerous in fingerprint females (65.6%) than in males (55.6%). The index of pattern intensity displays a higher value in females (16.49) than in males (15.48). The bimanual differences both in males and females are not statistically significant for the occurrence of patterns on the digits of the right and left hands. Also the difference between both sexes for the occurrence of patterns is not statistically significant. Incidences of actual symmetry on homologous digits represented 78.2% in males and 85.8% in females. The mean total ridge counts showed $175.7{\pm}54.6$ ($M{\pm}SD$) in males and $171.6\{pm}49.8$ ($M{\pm}SD$) in females, respectively. Conclusively, this study shows that the New Zealand-Samoans are closely related to the Mongoloids in quantitative dermatoglyphics.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.213-220
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• 1984

The frequencies of finger print patterns and the pattern intensity index among 2, 925 Koreans (804 males, 2, 121 females) are analyzed. Total finger ridge counts was calculated for 776 Koreans (426 males and 350 females). Comparisons are made with results among other racial populations in a review of the literature. Certain differences exist between males and females in both qualitative (finger print pattern) and quantitative (total ridge count) dermatoglyphic traits. Males have higher frequences of whorls (53.6% for males, 45.7% for females), and radial loops (2.9% for males, 2.2% for females), while the frequencies of archs (1.9% for males, 2.9% for females) and ulnar loops (41.6% for males, 49.2% for females) are higher in females. The pattern intensity index for males (15.2) was higher than that for females (14.3). The mean of the total ridge count was higher (140.4$\\pm$41.2) in males than in females (129.8$\\pm$40.6). There was no correlation between total ridge count and IQ (r=-0.0027, N=343). Total ridge count among different racial groups was found to vary slightly.

• Animal cells and systems
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.91-94
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• 2000

Fingerprints of 114 Australian Aboriginal males and 90 females have been analyzed. Whorls are more frequent in males (56.7%) than in females (51.2%) and loops are less frequent in males (42.6%) than in females (47.0%). The index of pattern intensity displays a higher value in males (15.60) than in females (14.94). The bimanual differences both in males and females ave not statistically significant for the occurrence of patterns on the digits of the right and left hands. Also the difference between both sexes for the occurrence of patterns is not statistically significant. Incidences of actual symmetry on homologous digits represented 74.0% in males and 77.3% in females. The mean total ridge counts showed 156.65 $\pm$43.32 (M$\pmSD) in males and 148.6943.64 (M$\pmSD) in females, respectively. Conclusively, this study represents that the Australian Aborigines conform closely to the Polynesians in finger dermatoglyphics.

• Animal cells and systems
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.277-280
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• 1998

Fingerprints of 104 New Zealand Maori males and 98 females have been analyzed. Whorls are more abundant in females (55.0%) than in males(47.3%). The index of pattern intensity reveals a higher va1ue in females(15.39) than in males (14.52). The bimanual differences both in males and females are not statistically significant for the occurrence of pattern on the digits of the right and left hands. The difference between the sexes in occurrence of patterns is not statistically significant. Incidences of actual symmetry on the homologous digits represented a mean of 78.8% in all subjects. The mean total ridge counts showed 161.7 in females and 159.6 in males, respectively. Thus, the Maori show greater affinities with the Mongoloids in quantitative dermatoglyphics.