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Inheritance study of the little finger length

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An attempt has been made to see whether the length of the little finger (based upon its approach to the last interphalangeal joint of the ring finger) follows any hereditary pattern in its transmission. For this 100 biological families along with their offsprings have been analysed. Results show that heredity certainly plays a role for this trait.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

    Inderjit S. Bansal

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Forms the part of Ph. D. Thesis.

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Bansal, I.S. Inheritance study of the little finger length. Hum Genet 4, 183–186 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291263

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