Differences in the 2nd to 4th digit length ratio in humans reflect shifts along the common allometric line

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 643-646

  Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a   Flegr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Allometry; Morphometrics; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMINID; LIMB; MEDICINE; MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FINGER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349301465     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0346     Document Type: Article

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