Table of Contents

Historical Notes on Dermatoglyphics: From Purkinje to Cummins.- Dermatoglyphics as Genetic Markers.- Dermatoglyphic Recording and Scoring Techniques.- Genetic and Developmental Dermatoglyphics.- Prenatal Communalities in Epidermal Ridge Development.- Variability and Asymmetry in Main Line Index among 20 Dhangar Castes of Maharashtra, India.- Developmental Aspects of Human Palmar, Plantar, and Digital Flexion Creases.- Dermatoglyphics and the Geschwind Hypothesis. I. Theoretical Background and Palmar Results of Dyslexia.- Dermatoglyphics and the Geschwind Hypothesis. II. Digital Results of Dyslexia and Developmental Implications.- Effect of Environmental Pollutants on Dermatoglyphics Patterns.- Clinical Dermatoglyphics.- Dermatoglyphics of Three Alzheimer Families.- Dermatoglyphics in Hungarian Schizophrenic Patients.- Dermatoglyphic Variations in Achondroplasia.- Dermatoglyphics in Syndromes with Hand Malformations.- Dermatoglyphics in the Pathology of Breast Cancer and Cervix Carcinoma.- Dermatoglyphics in Marfan Syndrome.- Anthropological Dermatoglyphics.- Dermatoglyphics and Population Distance.- Dermatoglyphics in the Eastern Adriatic — Possibilities and Dilemmas in the Study of Population Structure.- Dermatoglyphics of Eastern Slavs.- Dermatoglyphics of the Finno-Ugrians of Eurasia.- The Dermatoglyphics of Egyptian Nubians.- Dermatoglyphics of Turkic Peoples of the U.S.S.R..- Dermatoglyphics of Native Polynesians in the Cook Islands, and Their Biological Positioning Among South Pacific Populations.- Dermatoglyphics of the Isolated Kapingamarangese of Micronesia.- Pattern Intensities and Pattern Sizes on Palm and Sole of Chimpanzee: Description and Comparison with Humans.