Influence of genetic factors on human sexual orientation. Review;Influencia de factores genéticos sobre la orientación sexual humana. Una revisión

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-391

  Rodríguez Larralde, Alvaro ^a   Paradisi, Irene ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Genetics; Homosexuality; Markers

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; CHROMOSOME XQ; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ADULT; ANIMAL; BIRTH ORDER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUALITY; TWINS;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FRU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH ORDER; CAUSALITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUALITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 73949155248     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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