Digit ratio (2D:4D) differences between 20 strains of inbrea mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Yan, Reginia H Y ^a   Bunning, Mark ^b   Wahlsten, Douglas ^b,c   Hurd, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEREDITY; HINDLIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AVES; MUS; RATTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67149118916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005801     Document Type: Article

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