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Palmar and Finger Ridge Count in Two Isolated Slavic Muslim Populations (Zhupa and Gora) from Kosovo in Comparison with Kosovo Albanians

In order to compare two geographically and culturally isolated ethnic groups of Slavic Muslims from Zhupa and Gora regions in Kosovo, we analyzed their quantitative dermatoglyphic traits, compared them with each other and with the majority, Albanian population. The dermatoglyphs were collected from a total of 263 Zhuplyani, 145 Gorani, and 213 Albanians of both sexes. The ANOVA analysis showed more differences between the Albanians and both minority populations, than between Zhupa and Gora regions populations themselves. We also detected selective inertia in Slavic Muslim women. The canonical discriminant analysis grouped the Gora and the Zhupa women together, and at the same time closer to the Gora men than to the Kosovo Plain women. The Gora and Zhupa men were much closer to each other than to the men from Kosovo Plain. To conclude, the Gora and Zhupa populations differ less from each other, than any of them differs from Kosovo Albanians.

quantitative dermatoglyphic traits ; Slavic Muslim populations ; Zhupa region ; Gora region ; Kosovo

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