Brief communication: Familial resemblance in digit ratio (2D:4D)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 376-380

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Dressler, Stefan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digit ratio (2D:4D); Family study; Heritability; Prenatal testosterone; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; SECOND TO FOURTH DIGIT RATIO; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

AUSTRIA; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70350074913     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21105     Document Type: Article

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