Jantz R L
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Ann Hum Biol. 1997 Mar-Apr;24(2):97-106. doi: 10.1080/03014469700004842.
The magnitude of ridge-count variation and its spatial and linguistic patterning was examined using 82 male and 75 female samples from Europe. Variables were summary measures: sum of radial counts (radial) sum of ulnar counts (ulnar) and sum of larger counts (total ridge-count or TRC). Dermatoglyphic parameters were compared with those derived from classic nuclear gene markers. Fst values computed from ridge-counts range between 0.016 and 0.025, relatively high when compared to classical genetic polymorphism. Ridge-count distances show significant correlation with geographic distances but not with linguistic distances. Ridge-count distances show even higher correlation with blood marker distances, suggesting that, like blood polymorphisms, ridge-counts were strongly influenced by demic expansion of Neolithic farmers. The most differentiated populations in Europe are those of the North Atlantic and North Sea region, especially the Orcadians and Faroe Islanders. Certain Finnic speakers such as Lapps and Udmurts are also strongly differentiated. These same populations are frequent outliers in genetic analyses.
利用来自欧洲的82名男性和75名女性样本，研究了嵴纹计数变异的程度及其空间和语言模式。变量为汇总指标：桡侧计数总和（桡侧）、尺侧计数总和（尺侧）以及较大计数总和（总嵴纹计数或TRC）。将皮纹参数与源自经典核基因标记的参数进行了比较。根据嵴纹计数计算出的Fst值在0.016至0.025之间，与经典遗传多态性相比相对较高。嵴纹计数距离与地理距离显著相关，但与语言距离无关。嵴纹计数距离与血液标记距离的相关性更高，这表明，与血液多态性一样，嵴纹计数受新石器时代农民人口扩张的强烈影响。欧洲分化最明显的人群是北大西洋和北海地区的人群，尤其是奥克尼人和法罗群岛人。某些讲芬兰语的人群，如拉普人和乌德穆尔特人，也有很强的分化。这些相同的人群在基因分析中经常是异常值。
