The disparate maternal aunt-uncle ratio in male transsexuals: An explanation invoking genomic imprinting

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Green, Richard ^a   Keverne, E B ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEX RATIO; TRANSSEXUALISM; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0034614537     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.1039     Document Type: Article

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