Vol. 4, Issue 3 (2015)

Author(s):
Kozan Nataliia, Kotsyubynska Yulija

Abstract:
The paper presents the results of research in finger dermatoglyphics on hands of male and female belonging to Hutsul ethnic group living in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Based on the research there were established criteria factors differentiating these groups (frequency and characteristics of the distribution patterns on different fingers of one person). In result of the study were established criteria for dermatoglyphic sexual differentiation status of persons belonging to Hutsul ethnic group: in females was observed high frequency of pattern type Lr on the fingers of both hands, high indixes Poll, Heypely and Furuhatа; in males was observed high frequency of pattern type W, LW on the fingers of both hands, high indixes total credit to the comb fingers of both hands, inability to determine the index Furuhata, high frequency heterolateral symmetry at one person with primary repeat of pattern type W, LW and Lu.