Dermatoglyphs of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hvar, Yugoslavia

Rudan, Pavao; Schmutzer, Ljerka

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“…It is also compatible with the recent demography (Rudan et al, 198213;Jovanovic et al, 1984) and linguistic characteristics of the inhabitants of the island (Sujoldzic et al, 1983(Sujoldzic et al, ,1984(Sujoldzic et al, -1985. It parallels the findings of Rudan (1972Rudan ( ,1975aRudan ( ,b, 1977Rudan ( ,1982 and Rudan and Schmutzer (1976) …”

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Anthropometry and the biological structure of the Hvar population

Rudan

Roberts

Janičijević

et al. 1986

American J Phys Anthropol

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Biological structure of the population of the island of Hvar was investigated by using the data on anthropometric variation among nine village populations; 24 body and 14 head dimensions were analysed from 487 male and 437 female adult subjects. Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed heterogeneity among the populations, which says much for the strength of the isolating factors on the island. Using correlations of anthropometric and geographic distance, the observed patterns of variation among villages were closely related to geography, suggesting migration to be an important factor in the formation of the island's population structure. Populations of the examined villages were further grouped to form the population of the eastern part and the population of the western part of the island, which have an ethnodemographic and sociocultural basis. The analyses revealed heterogeneity between the populations and thus provided evidence to support the hypothesis about the existence of the genetically different groups living in the same biotope.

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Anthropometry and the biological structure of the Hvar population

Rudan

Roberts

Janičijević

et al. 1986

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…The subpopulation of Barbat is probably different because of a high migration rate from the mainland during the past centuries. These results are similar as it was found in these from earlier researches on the other Croatian islands: Hvar (Rudan and Schmutzer, 1976), Koreula (Mili6ic, 1985-86, 1987, Brad (Milidid, 1994(Milidid, , 2000 where subpopulations of the eastern parts of islands, closest to the migration ways from the mainland differ the most from the western subpopulations in qualitative dermatoglyphics traits.…”

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Dermatoglyphs of the population from the island of Rab (Croatia)

Miličić

Ivičević

2005

Int. J. Anthropol.

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Dermatoglyphs of the population from the island of Rab (Croatia)As a part of multidisciplinary anthropological research of population structure on Croatian island of Rab, finger and palm prints from 548 inhabitants (225 males and 323 females) of six villages on Rab were collected and their qualitative dermatoglyphic traits analysed. We calculated frequencies of patterns (whorls, loops and arches) on f'mgers, frequencies of patterns in the interdigital areas, Thenar and Hypothenar of the palms and frequencies of position of the axial tfiradius "t" (t, t', t" and other t) for male and female population of each village. Statistical analysis was performed by using Chi-square test, and Hiernaux Ag biological distances between pairs of populations were determined. The results of this study show existence of statistically significant diversity among the village populations in qualitative dermatoglyphic traits both for males and females.This variability found in the population from the island of Rab can be explained by influence of the microevolutionary factors through endogamy and the way of migrational flow on the island in course of history. Subpopulation of Barbat in the eastern part of Rab, which is the closest to the mainland, is probably different because of a high migration rate from the mainland during the past centuries. Subpopulations of Lopar, Supetarska Draga and Kampor were the most isolated subpopulations, situated in three different valleys in the west of Rab, and therefore genetic drift could have been more influential there and responsible for noticed differences.

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“…Chai [1972] has also found that, for example, anthropometric dimen sions are subject to a more rapid diversifica tion than dermatoglyphic features. Our in vestigations have also confirmed that the process of diversification produces different effects on the quantitative and qualitative dermatoglyphic traits [Rudan and Schmutzer, 1976]. Therefore, it should be pointed out that the results of this study show that some biological characteristics go through more rapid changes while others, though perhaps functionally more significant for the organism (i.e., blood pressure, lung func tion, etc.…”

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Anthropometric and Physiological Properties in the Determination of Biological Distances

Rudan¹,

Gomzi²,

Žuški³

et al. 1979

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The investigation of anthropometric dimensions of the body and head, lung function tests and blood pressure was carried out in 3 separate groups. The analysis of ‘distances’ between particular pairs of the analyzed groups was performed by Penrose’s C_H² and its components C_Q² and (v-1/v)C_Z². It is pointed to various ways of diversification of particular characteristics, which is likely to depend on different selective inertia of particular traits, that is, on different intensity of the effect of genetic and/or ecological factors on their formation. It is shown that as many different biological characteristics of human groups as possible should be taken into consideration for the calculation of ‘distances’.

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Dermatoglyphs of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hvar, Yugoslavia

Cited by 13 publications

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Anthropometry and the biological structure of the Hvar population

Anthropometry and the biological structure of the Hvar population

Dermatoglyphs of the population from the island of Rab (Croatia)

Anthropometric and Physiological Properties in the Determination of Biological Distances

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