A single locus, RGHT, specifies preference for hand utilization in humans

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1996, Pages 59-65

  Klar, A J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MODEL; PREDICTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT RANDOM HANDEDNESS GENE;

EID: 0030436973     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1996.061.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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