A genome-wide scan of male sexual orientation

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-132

  Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b   Dyment, David A ^a,b   Handunnetthi, Lahiru ^a,b   Rice, George P ^c   Ebers, George C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 7Q; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CANADA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77649170727     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.135     Document Type: Letter

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