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Middle Phalangeal Hair in Some South Indian Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

D. B. Sastry*
Affiliation:
Anthropological Survey of India, South India Station, Mysore, India
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Anthropological Survey of India, South India Station, Mysore-570002, India

Abstract

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The study of middle phalangeal hair on a sample of some 5000 nonrelated subjects of both sexes and different age groups, representing 11 South Indian populations, has shown very limited sex and age variability. The frequencies fall within the general range of Indian population groups. Most of the groups tested show genetic homogeneity.

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Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1975

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