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Dermatoglyphs in Adriatic Islands and Coast (Croatia)

The qualitative dermatoglyphic traits were analyzed in populations of four Eastern Adriatic islands (Brač, Hvar, Korčula, Vis), Pelješac peninsula and Makarska coastal region, and analyzed in relation to the known ethno historical processes. This paper presents the results of Chi- square test analysis and Hiernaux Dg biological distances for the examined populations. Frequencies of dermatoglyphic patterns on fingers in males from the island of Brač and peninsula of Pelješac differ significantly from all other examined populations, as well as in the case of males from the island of Hvar (except from the Makarska coastal region). In females differences are found between island of Brač compared with those from the island of Korčula, Vis, peninsula of Pelješac, between the islands of Hvar and Vis, and between the islands of Vis and Makarska coastal region. In using Hiernaux Dg biological distances for the examined populations in males, two clusters are distinguished for both males and females. The first one consists of the males from the island of Brač and Hvar and second from the islands of Korčula and Vis, peninsula of Pelješac and Makarska coastal region. In females, also two clusters are distinguished. The first cluster is formed of the females from the islands of Brač, Hvar and Makarska coastal region. Population of females from the island of Korčula and Vis, and peninsula of Pelješac form the second cluster. Females show a higher migration rate emigrating from the island in one direction, while the second direction is formed from the mainland onto the islands. The differences might be due to their migratory background. The migration flows that are probably confirmed in this way are those onto islands of Brač, Hvar and Korčula from the Makarska coastal region and on the islands of Hvar, Korčula and Vis from the peninsula of Pelješac. In the case of male populations the biological distances could be the result of homogeneity and drift effect as shown for the island of Brač, Hvar and Pelješac peninsula.

dermatoglyphs; qualitative traits; Adriatic islands; Croatia

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