ESTUDIO DE DISEÑOS DIGITALES EN UNA POBLACIÓN DE INMIGRANTES JAPONESES EN ARGENTINA

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the peculiarity of the digital dermatoglyphics of the Japanese immigrants living in Argentina. We analyzed the finger prints of 109 subjects (55 female and 54 male). The qualitative analysis includes the pattern distribution classified as ulnar loop, radial loop, whorl, or arch. We set out the pattern distribution for finger/hand/sex and then calculated the frequency of each pattern. The quantitative analysis comprises the ridge counts by individual digit and hand and the total finger ridge count (TFRC) for each sex and both. We compute mean and standar  deviation for quantitative measurements. We also use the Student test of significant differences. The most common pattern type was the loop, then whorls and arches in both sexes. Ulnar loops ocurred most frecuently on the finger III in both hands and sexes. The total finger ridge counts is higher in the female than male. We compared these results with the ones from other populations.