“…As concerns qualitative palmar dermatoglyphic traits, they are considered to be largely under genetic control (Pons, 1954;Glanville, 1965;Kumbnani, 1969;Vrydagh-Laoureux, 1971;Kloepfer, 1978;Loesch, 1978;Morgan et al, 1978;Karev, 1991), their interpopulation variability has been ascertained (Pons, 1952;Schwidetzky, 1966;Plato, 1970;Chamla & Sahly, 1972;Plato & Wertelecki, 1972;Plato et aL, 1975;Vrydagh-Laoureux, 1979;Fox et al, 1987;Francis, 1991).…”