Naslov
Comparative analysis of qualitative dermatoglyphic traits of Albanian and Turkish populations living in the area of Dukagjin valley in Kosovo

Autori
Temaj, Gazmend ; Krajačić, Petra ; Miličić, Jasna ; Škarić-Jurić, Tatjana ; Behluli, Iibrahim ; Smolej Narančić, Nina ; Hadžiselimović, Rifat ; Nefić, Hilada ; Sopi, Ramadan ; Belegua, Mazllan ; Jakupi, Muharrem ; Rudan, Pavao

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 35 (2011), 3; 905-910

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Qualitative dermatoglyphic traits; reproductive isolation; Kosovo; Albanian; Turkish; population; population structure

Sažetak
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 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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Demografija, Etnologija i antropologija

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