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Mid-dorsal Hair Whorls in Papuan Children

Nature volume 152, page 538 (1943)Cite this article

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THE occurrence of hair whorls in the mid-dorsal region of man has been recorded in a high percentage of Australian aborigines1,2, in a few Hawaiian fœtuses of mixed ancestry3 and in one European4. Osman-Hill has observed the same anomaly in Veddahs5.

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  1. Wood-Jones, F., J. Anat., 91 (1934).

  2. Gray, J. H., J. Anat., 206 (1934).

  3. Wood-Jones, F., Amer. J. Phys. Anthrop., 89 (1927).

  4. Fenner, F., J. Anat., 356 (1942).

  5. Osman-Hill, Ceylon J. Sci., 3, 88 (1942).

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  1. Australian Militray Forces, Headquarters, New Guinea Force,

    FRANK FENNER

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FENNER, F. Mid-dorsal Hair Whorls in Papuan Children. Nature 152, 538 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152538a0

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