The Genetics and Evolution of Handedness

Psychological Review

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 714-727

  Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0031255344     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.104.4.714     Document Type: Article

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