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Frequency of Left-Handedness Among the Andhra Pradesh People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

K. R. Dronamraju
K. R. Dronamraju*
Affiliation:
Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
*
451-5 Moores Mill Road, Bel Air, Maryland 21014, USA

Abstract

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The percentages of left-handed people among the males and females of Andhra Pradesh tribals in India were found to be 15.49 and 7.79, and in Hindus 6.9 and 4.65. The difference between the sexes among tribals is significant. The tribal people studied were Koya Doras, Sugalis {or Lambadis), and Konda Reddis. It is suggested that similar quantitative studies of left-handedness should be made in other tribal and aboriginal populations before they are culturally conditioned to right-handedness.

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Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 24 , Issue 1-2 , January 1975 , pp. 161 - 162
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Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1975

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