Genome-wide scan demonstrates significant linkage for male sexual orientation

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1379-1388

  Sanders, A R ^a,b   Martin, E R ^c   Beecham, G W ^c   Guo, S ^c   Dawood, K ^d   Rieger, G ^e   Badner, J A ^b   Gershon, E S ^b   Krishnappa, R S ^f   Kolundzija, A B ^g   Duan, J ^a,b   Gejman, P V ^a,b   Bailey, J M ^h  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Department of Medicine   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 8; chromosome Xq28; complex trait; genome wide linkage scan; human; male sexual orientation.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHROMOSOME 8; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SIBLING; UNITED STATES; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925831709     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714002451     Document Type: Article

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