Genetic influences on variation in female orgasmic function: A twin study

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-263

  Dunn, Kate M ^b   Cherkas, Lynn F ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic; Orgasm; Sexual dysfunction; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTURBATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ORGASM; ORGASM DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 25444482691     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0308     Document Type: Article

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