Population differences in finger-length ratios: Ethnicity or latitude?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 739-742

  Loehlin, John C ^a   McFadden, Dennis ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Ancestry; Finger lengths; Latitude; Masculinization

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER LENGTH RATIO; GENE POOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FINGERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845387489     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9039-1     Document Type: Article

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