A comparison of adult female twins from opposite-sex and same-sex pairs on variables related to reproduction

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Loehlin, John C ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male hormones; Opposite sex twins; Prenatal effects; Reproductive processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; TWINS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031941482     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021452630561     Document Type: Article

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