MORPHOGENETIC QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DERMATOGLYPHICS SIGNS IN BULGARIAN POPULATION
V. ANGELOVA1, M. PIRINSKA-APOSTOLOU1,T. DEKOVA2, E. APOSTOLOU3
1-Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
3- Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Keywords: dermatoglyphic signs, allelic frequencies, genotype frequencies
Abstract: The purpose of this work is to establish a relationship between the relative frequency of alleles in the gene pool and frequency of genotypes in the population by Hardy-Weinberg principle. The study included individuals from three different ethnic groups (Bulgarian Christians, Bulgarian Muslims and Bulgarian Turks) aged between 17-35 years, a total of 1429 individuals of both sexes.
The formation of human fingerprints on the distal phalanx is carried out by three independent loci. According to the hypothesis of polygenic inheritance, loci A, L and W define different genotypes. The study included a number of 1173 fingers with a pronounced arch phenotype, 4929 with a spiral one and 8178 with a loop of the distal phalanges.When comparing the three ethnic groups with the lowest values were reported for allele dominant frequencies.