H-Y antigen and homosexuality in men

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-378

  Blanchard, Ray ^a,b   Klassen, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HY ANTIGEN; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SIBLING;

EID: 0031557650     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0315     Document Type: Article

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