Genetic influence on the expression of hand preferences in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence in Support of the Right-Shift Theory and Developmental Instability

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 299-303

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Dahl, Jeremy F ^b   Pilcher, Dawn ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0035403658     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00355     Document Type: Article

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