No effects of prenatal hormone transfer on digit ratio in a large sample of same- and opposite-sex dizygotic twins

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1225-1234

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

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Finger length; Same sex and opposite sex twins; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149109594     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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