Chromosome Indices in Indians

Chromosome indices in Indians.

Metaphase chromosomes from leukocyte cultures of Indian subjects have been measured. Mean length index and arm ratios compare well with figures from other parts of the world-except chromosome No. 2 which in a large percentage of cases is longer than Ch: No. 1. The fallacies involved in measuring and basing correlations on these are discussed. Introduction The characteristics of the normal human...

Maxillary molar and premolar indices in North Indians: A Dimorphic Study

Tooth morphometry is known to be influenced by cultural, environmental and racial factors. Tooth size standards can be used in age and sex determination. One hundred models (50 males & 50 females) of normal occlusion were evaluated and significant correlations (p<0.001) were found to exist between the combined maxillary incisor widths and the maxillary intermolar and interpremolar arch widths. ...

North American Indians: Indians of the Plains

THE PLAINS The Plains region, an area delineated by the Rocky Mountains on the west; the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba on the north; the Mississippi River on the east; and the Gulf of Mexico on the south, is home to philosophies, traditions, and ways of life that are some of the most varied and complex in the United States. The Great Plains measure 1,125,000 square m...

Halometric Readings in Indians

mainly on the students of the Berry-White Medical School and on some patients of the indoor hospital attached to the same school; it is, therefore, possible that they may not apply equally well to all classes of Indians in all parts of India. But, as we believe our paper to be the first one of its kind dealing with at least a section of the Indian people, we have adopted the above title for thi...

Neurasthenia in Anglo-Indians