Eye color, hair color, blood type, and the rhesus factor: Exploring possible genetic links to sexual orientation

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-149

  Ellis, Lee ^a   Ficek, Christopher ^a   Burke, Donald ^a   Das, Shyamal ^a  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood type; Eye color; Genetics; Hair color; Rhesus factor; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 9; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAIR COLOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349187369     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9274-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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