Original scientific paper
Comparative Analysis of Qualitative Dermatoglyphic Traits of Albanian and Turkish Populations Living in the Area of Dukagjin Valley in Kosovo
Gazmend Temaj
Petra Krajačić
Jasna Miličić
Tatjana Škarić Jurić
Ibrahim Behluli
Nina Smolej Narančić
Rifat Hadžiselimović
Hilada Nefić
R. Sopi
M. Belegu
M. Jakupi
Pavao Rudan
Abstract
Dermatoglyphic prints were collected from 800 inhabitants of Dukagjin valley in Kosovo. The sample consisted of two
ethnically different sub-populations who refer themselves as Albanians (N=400) and Turks (N=400). Qualitative analysis
of prints concerned the frequency of the patterns on fingers (arch, ulnar and radial loop, whorl, accidental whorl) and
on palms (Thenar and I, II, III, and IV interdigital area and the hypothenar, main line index, and the axial »t« triradius
position). As was expected due to previous study of quantitative dermatoglyphic traits, in the same population the Albanians
and Turks showed to be significantly different in most explored qualitative dermatoglyphic variables. Found differences
indicated that the reproductive isolation between the Albanian and Turkish population in Kosovo is substantial,
despite the fact that those two ethnic sub-populations live in the close vicinity through several centuries.
Keywords
qualitative dermatoglyphic traits; reproductive isolation; Kosovo; Albanian and Turkish population; population structure
Hrčak ID:
72195
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2011.
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