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The correlation of the ridge counts between the right and left fingers is highly significant. The correlation of the a-b ridge counts between the right and left palms is also highly significant. However, no correlation is present between the finger ridge count and palmar a-b ridge count. The findings suggest that the set of genes responsible for the finger ridge count are different from those responsible for the palmar a-b ridge count.
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Chattopadhyay, P.K., Ganeson, D. Inheritance of dermal ridges: Relation between finger and palmar a-b ridge counts. Jap J Human Genet 29, 59–61 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01876759
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