Resolving the role of prenatal sex steroids in the development of digit ratio

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 16143-16144

  Manning, John T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PRENATAL ESTROGEN; PRENATAL TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIGIT RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FINGER; GENDER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FINGERS; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80053647110     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113312108     Document Type: Note

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