Male homosexuality: Absence of linkage to microsatellite markers at Xq28

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5414, 1999, Pages 665-667

  Rice, George ^a   Anderson, Carol ^a   Risch, Neil ^a   Ebers, George ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALLELES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033597437     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5414.665     Document Type: Article

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