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Subclassification of spiral monocentric whorls

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Despite all the papers on the classification of dermatoglyphic features, there is no definitive in sight yet. With this work we intend to contribute to adapt the subclassification of spiral monocentric whorls to their biologic nature.

The results in this work show that clockwise whorls on the right hand match counter-clockwise ones on the left, and counter-clockwise spirals on the right are joined together with clockwise on the left.

We propose the building of two new subclasses of spiral monocentric whorls to replace the traditional ones in order to conserve the bilateral identification of these pattern types.

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Arrieta, M.I., Gonzalez, E. & Lostao, C.M. Subclassification of spiral monocentric whorls. Int. J. Anthropol. 2, 125–128 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442357

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