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Mid-Digital Hair
In humans, hair is commonly present on all the basal segments of the digits and invariably absent from all the terminal ones. On the middle segments, there is wide fluctuation with apparent familial and racial tendencies. Hair is present on the middle segment of the fingers more frequently than on the middle segment of the toes. Hair is most often found on the middle segment of the fourth finger.
The presence of mid-digital hair in human beings is a trait that is determined genetically. It is the presence of hair in the middle segment of fingers and is an autosomal dominant characteristic that is written in our genes.
It is autosomal dominant because single allele is enough for the expression of a physical feature.It is one of the most widely

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