Inheritance of dermatoglyphic diversity in 500 Indian pedigrees: complex segregation analysis.

The main goal of the present communication is to determine the mode of inheritance of dermatoglyphic diversity traits through complex segregation analyses (genetic model fittings). The data consists of a large ethnically homogeneous sample of 500 Indian pedigrees (2435 individuals) of two generations. Principal component analysis, familial correlations and segregation analysis (package MAN-5) were used.