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pasta
08-31-2016, 04:26 PM
Cephalic index
If one parent is dolichocephalic, one parent is brachycephalic:
the odds of their child being mesocephalic are?
the odds of their child being brachycephalic are?
the odds of their child being dolichocephalic are?

Frontal-mandibular index
One parent prognathic, one parent retrognathic:
the odds of their child being mesognathic / orthognathic / prognathic / retrognathic are?

Shape of face
One parent leptoprosopic, one parent euryprosopic:
the odds of their child being leptoprosopic / mesoprosopic / euryprosopic are?

Shape of forehead
One parent's: too protruding
One parent's: too sloping
Child's: odds of being protruding / sloping / vertical ?

Shape of nose
One parent's: too convex
One parent's: too concave
Child's: odds of being concave / convex / straight?

Columella & nostril
One parent's: too retrousse
One parent's: too drooping
Child's: odds of being too retrousse / too drooping / neither?

Eyes and lids
One parent's: deep & prominent
One parent's: shallow & epicanthic
Child's: odds of being deep & prominent / shallow & epicanthic / else?

Distance between eyes
One parent's: too far
One parent's: too close
Child's: odds of being too far / too close / or neither?

Width of mouth:
One parent's: too wide
One parent's: too small
Child's: odds of being too wide / too small / neither?