Aggression, digit ratio and variation in androgen receptor and monoamine oxidase A genes in men

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 543-556

  Hurd, Peter L ^a   Vaillancourt, Kathryn L ^a   Dinsdale, Natalie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Aggression; Androgen receptor; AR; Digit ratio; Humans; MAO A

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; AR GENE; ARTICLE; FINGER; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MAO A GENE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANDROGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 79959763876     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9404-7     Document Type: Article

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