Gender diagnosticity and androgen receptor gene CAG repeat sequence

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 456-461

  Loehlin, John C ^a   Jönsson, Erik G ^b   Gustavsson, J Petter ^b   Schalling, Martin ^b   Medland, Sarah E ^c   Montgomery, Grant W ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 6344268970     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052042335359     Document Type: Article

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