Genetics of anthropometric asymmetry in an Indian endogamous population - Vaidyas

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Sengupta, Mahua ^a   Karmakar, Bibha ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROUPS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REFERENCE VALUES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34249677932     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20601     Document Type: Article

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