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Palmar and digital dermatoglyphic traits of Kenyan and Tanzanian subjects.

P S PS Igbigbi and B C BC Msamati

West Afr J Med 24(1):26-30 (2005) PMID 15909706

Dermatoglyphic traits, along with other morphological, molecular and biochemical markers have traditionally been used in biological anthropology to explore affinities and differences among human groups.

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