Human handedness and scalp hair-whorl direction develop from a common genetic mechanism

Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 269-276

  Klar, Amar J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MODEL; HAIR GROWTH; HANDEDNESS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCALP; SCALP HAIR; SOCIOLOGY;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; SCALP; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0141455100     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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