Original scientific paper
Comparative Analysis of Dermatoglyphic Traits in Albanian and Turkish Population Living in Kosovo
Gazmend Temaj
; Medical Faculty, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
Jasna Miličić
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Tatjana Škarić Jurić
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Ibrahim Behluli
; Medical Faculty, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
Nina Smolej Narančić
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Rifat Hadžiselimović
; Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hilada Nefić
; University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
The aim of the study was to compare quantitative dermatoglyphic traits of two ethnic groups with different origin and customs, living on the same territory. The dermatoglyphic prints were collected from 800 inhabitants of the Dukagjin valley in southwest Kosovo, of Albanian (400) and Turkish (400) ethnic origin. The quantitative analysis comprised the number of ridges and triradii on the fingers, and the number of ridges in the interdigital areas on the palm (a-b, b-c, and c-d) as well as the size of the atd angle. The statistical analysis showed significant differences between the Albanian and the Turkish males for two fingers and pattern intensity index left, and on palms for a-b rc and c-d rc on both hands and b-c rc on the left hand, and between females for six fingers and almost all palmar traits. Significant inter-population variations were observed for most palmar areas in both sexes but more pronouncedly in females. The differences found between the examined population groups show that admixture between Albanian and Turkish population in Kosovo has been small, and the Turks have retained their ethnic identity for several centuries.
Keywords
dermatoglyphics; population structure; sex differences; Kosovo
Hrčak ID:
51428
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Publication date:
1.12.2009.
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