Evidence against a relationship between dermatoglyphic asymmetry and male sexual orientation

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 861-870

  Forastieri, Válter ^a   Andrade, Cristiane Pinto ^a   Souza, Adriana Lima V ^a   Silva, Monica Santana ^a   El Hani, Charbel Niño ^a   Moreira, Lília Maria De Azevedo ^a   De Barros Mott, Luiz Roberto ^a   Flores, Renato Zamora ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Dermatoglyphics; Homosexuality; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0036998344     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0002     Document Type: Article

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