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Current status of iris researches in anthropology

Dorofeeva А.А., Negasheva M.A.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of biology, Department of anthropology, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.12, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Dorofeeva А.А., e-mail: ankada@mail.ru; Negasheva Marina A., Ph.D., D.Sc., ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7572-4316, e-mail: negasheva@mail.ru

Abstract

The current state of researches of iris colour in aspects of ethnic, age, aesthetic and medical anthropology was considered in the article. The main aim of the article was the analysis of the works of home and foreign authors of the last and current century. In addition to the history of researches, modern problems in studying the iris pigmentation are concided: the realization of the genetic program concerning iris colour and structure, individual traits, sexual dimorphism and ect. As a result of the review the authors pointed at unresolved problems of age variability in iris colour, sexual dimorphism, genetic markers of pigmentation, and etc. In the authors opinion the solution of these problems is possible at the present stage of development of anthropology in connection with the tendency of science integration and appearance of new methods for studying of morphological features of the iris.

Keywords

anthropology, eye color, iris, pigmentation

Цит.: Dorofeeva А.А., Negasheva M.A. Current status of iris researches in anthropology // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2010; 1/2010; с. 4-21