Parent-daughter transmission of the androgen receptor gene as an explanation of the effect of father absence on age of menarche

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1046-1051

  Comings, David E ^a   Muhleman, Donn ^b   Johnson, James P ^c   MacMurray, James P ^d  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b City of Hope Medical Center   (United States)

^c Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFANT; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIALIZATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0036652074     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00456     Document Type: Article

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