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Palm prints of 349 Japanese families, including 340 pairs of parents and 650 children, were studied with special reference to the inheritance of hypothenar true patterns. It was suggested that the segregation data were more consistent with the hypothesis that hypothenar patternings were transmitted from parents to their children by a multifactorial rather than a simple genetic system. It was demonstrated that individuals with true patterns on both hands had more genetic potential for the patterns than those with unilateral manifestation. The detailed observation of pedigrees revealed that genetic bases corresponding to radial loops and to ulnar loops might be different from each other and that the genes corresponding to radial loops might be related also to the manifestation of carpal loops and whorls. Based on Falconer's method, the heritability values were calculated at 63.9±9.0% for the manifestation of radial loops, 75.8±19.8% for that of ulnar loops, and 62.8±10.7% for the bilateral manifestation of radial loops, indicating a considerably strong genetic determination in hypothenar patternings.
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Katayama, K. Genetic study of hypothernar patterns on the palm: Estimation of the heritability of liability. Jap J Human Genet 26, 279–288 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01876358
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