Roberts D F, Coope E
Hum Genet. 1979 Mar 12;47(2):151-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00273197.
Principal components analysis of quantitative digital dermatoglyphics in a large Oxfordshire sample, subdivided into male, female, urban, and rural subsamples, suggests several distinguishable components. These appear meaningful biologically in that they resemble factors of limb growth, as suggested by evidence from disturbances in limb extremity development. The components are consistent in all four subsamples and are very similar to those identified in a large sample of Berkshire data. It is suggested that digital quantitative dermatoglyphic variation may provide an example of genetic field theory.
对牛津郡一个大型样本的定量数字皮纹进行主成分分析，该样本细分为男性、女性、城市和农村子样本，结果显示出几个可区分的成分。从肢体末端发育紊乱的证据来看，这些成分在生物学上似乎有意义，因为它们类似于肢体生长的因素。这些成分在所有四个子样本中都是一致的，并且与在伯克希尔郡大量数据样本中确定的成分非常相似。有人认为，数字定量皮纹变异可能为遗传场理论提供一个例证。
