Anthropologic study on tongue moving types of Han in Jiangxi

A sample of 372 cases Han(male 233,female 139) in Jiangxi Fengcheng was investigated on 5 tongue moving types,including tongue rolling,tongue folding,tongue twisting,pointed tongue and clover-leaf tongue.The results were as follows:(1) The frequencies of tongue rolling was 65.10%,tongue folding was 3.00%,tongues twisting was 19.40%,pointed tongue was 77.20%,clover-leaf tongue was 7.80%.No significant sexual difference was found in the frequencies of 5 tongue moving types.(2) The frequencies of tongue folding,tongue twisting,clover-leaf tongue were lower,and those of tongue rolling and pointed tongue were above South Asian type of populations and below North Asian type of populations in our country.(3) The results of cluster analysis showed that the tongue moving types of Jiangxi Han were similar with Bouyei and had the characteristics of the North Asian type.(4) Tongue rolling was correlative with tongue twisting and clover-leaf tongue,and twisting tongue was correlative with pointed tongue.The results showed the genes of tongue twisting and clover-leaf tongue had interactive relations with the gene of tongue rolling.The gene of tongue twisting had interactive relations with the gene of pointed tongue.