Genetic studies in Medzev, a village in South-Eastern Slovakia. 3. Morphogenetic traits

Eleven anthropometric traits, five indices and eight anthroposcopic and behavioural traits have been studied in the population of Medzev, which is located in the region Spiš in South-Eastern Slovakia. An attempt has been made to compare the results of the present study with other population groups i...

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Published in:Anthropologischer Anzeiger 1999-03, Vol.57 (1), p.51-60
Main Authors: Siváková, Daniela, Weisová, Erika, Cvíčelová, Marta, Walter, Hubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anthropology, Physical
Anthropometric measurements
Anthropometry
Arm - physiology
Behavior - physiology
Body mass index
Charts
Ear, External - anatomy & histology
Ethnic Groups - genetics
Ethnology
Female
Genetics, Population
Hair
Hair Color - genetics
Human ecology, environment
Humans
Inbreeding depression
Male
Mating behavior
Middle Aged
Morphogenesis - genetics
Morphological source materials
Originalarbeiten
Personality traits
Phenotypic traits
Physical anthropology, ethnobiology
Pigmentation
Population characteristics
Sex Factors
Slovakia
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Summary:Eleven anthropometric traits, five indices and eight anthroposcopic and behavioural traits have been studied in the population of Medzev, which is located in the region Spiš in South-Eastern Slovakia. An attempt has been made to compare the results of the present study with other population groups in Slovakia, particularly with an ethnogenetically related population from North-Eastern Slovakia (Chmel'nica). Barring zygomatic breadth in males, bigonial breadth in females, biacromial breadth und jugomandibular index in both sexes, hair pigmentation, ear lobe attachment and arm folding, the remaining traits show no significant differences between the Medzev and Chmel'nica population. On the whole, these two populations are closer to each other than to any other Slovakian group. Elf anthropometrische Merkmale, fünf Indices sowie acht anthroposkopische und Verhaltensmerkmale wurden an der Bevölkerung von Medzev in der Region Spiš (südöstliche Slowakei) untersucht. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung wurden mit denen an anderen slowakischen Bevölkerungsgruppen gewonnenen verglichen, insbesondere mit einer ethnogenetisch verwandten Bevölkerung aus Chmel'nica in der nordöstlichen Slowakei. Abgesehen von der Jochbeinbreite bei Männern, der Unterkieferwinkelbreite bei Frauen, der Biakromialbreite und dem Jugomandibularindex bei beiden Geschlechtern, der Haarpigmentierung, dem Verwachsungsgrad der Ohrläppchen sowie dem Armekreuzen fanden sich keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen Medzev und Chmel'nica. Insgesamt sind diese beiden Bevölkerungen einander ähnlicher als jeweils im Vergleich zu anderen slowakischen Bevölkerungsgruppen.
ISSN:0003-5548
2363-7099