Extreme skewing of X chromosome inactivation in mothers of homosexual men

Human Genetics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 691-694

  Bocklandt, Sven ^a,c,d   Horvath, Steve ^a,b   Vilain, Eric ^a   Hamer, Dean H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 32444436330     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-0119-4     Document Type: Article

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