Genetic and environmental influences on female sexual orientation, childhood gender typicality and adult gender identity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Burri, Andrea ^a,b   Cherkas, Lynn ^b   Spector, Timothy ^b   Rahman, Qazi ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TWINS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960072111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021982     Document Type: Article

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