Genome-wide association study of handedness excludes simple genetic models

Heredity

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-225

  Armour, J A L ^a   Davison, A ^a   McManus, I C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chirality; GWAS; handedness

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS;

ALLELES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84894103572     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.93     Document Type: Article

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