Palmar dermatoglyphics of Nigerians residing in Lagos- Nigeria

The finger ridge configurations do not change throughout life of individuals by environment or age factors except in events such as bruises and cuts on the finger tips (Henneberg et al, 1997). A sample size of 396 Nigerians residing in Lagos was obtain, 327 were males and 75 were females. The ink procedure was used to obtain samples and analyzed. The result obtained showed that the ulnar loop had the highest percentage frequency in both thumbs of both hands (79.5%), followed by the whorls (42.4%), Arch (12.6%) and radial loop (9.3%) respectively. The mean percentage of patterns frequencies in all the ten digit of the hand was in this order; ulnar loop = 58.93%, whorls = 29.63%, Arch = 8.86% and radial loop = 2.5%. This result tallies with data obtain from the ikwerres and okrika of river state and berber population, in morocco. It agrees partially with Danberno et al on the hause ethnic group of Nigeria in terms of percentage frequencies distribution pattern of ulnar loop > whorls.