Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2002, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (04): 315-322.

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A deramtoglyphic study of the Qianghai Tu nationality of China

YANG Jiang-min ; WANG Han ; ZHANG Hai-guo ; WANG Ping ; XU Guo-zhi ; ZHONG Shi-xiang ; WANG Zhi-shan ; LU Zhen-yu ; HUANG Wei ; WANG Zhu-gang ; CHEN Ren-biao   

  • Online:2002-12-15 Published:2002-12-15

Abstract: This paper reports that dermatoglyphic parameter of the Qinghai Tu nationality of China. We take the ink print of fingerprint, palmar and sole with informed consent. The sample comprised 106 males and 108 females. The results was obtained from TFRC, a-bRC, atd tPD, fingerprint, hand interdigital, hand thenar, hand hypothenar, simian line, hallucal, sole interdigital, sole hypothenar and calcar patterns. The established data base of Tu nationality dermatoglyphic parameters are useful in the anthropology, genetics and medical studies.

Key words: Tu nationality; Dermatoglyphics; Sole patterns; Informed consent