No sex difference in mouse digit ratio: Reply to Voracek [2]

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-302

  Hurd, P L ^a   Wahlsten, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PALMAR DERMATOGLYPHICS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TO FOURTH DIGIT RATIO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33645452317     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2006.00217.x     Document Type: Letter

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