A Variant in LIN28B Is Associated with 2D:4D Finger-Length Ratio, a Putative Retrospective Biomarker of Prenatal Testosterone Exposure

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-525

  Medland, Sarah E ^a   Zayats, Tetyana ^b   Glaser, Beate ^b   Nyholt, Dale R ^a   Gordon, Scott D ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Campbell, Megan J ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^a   Timpson, Nicholas J ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^c,d,e,f   Wolke, Dieter ^g   Ring, Susan M ^b   Deloukas, Panos ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Evans, David M ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIN28B GENE; MALE; MENARCHE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950304213     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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