High heritability of fingertip arch patterns in twin-pairs

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 140 A, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-271

  Reed, Terry ^a   Viken, Richard J ^b   Rinehart, Shannon A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatoglyphics; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR GENE; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PENETRANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 31944449132     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31086     Document Type: Article

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