The autosomal genetic control of sexually dimorphic traits in humans is largely the same across the sexes

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kassam, Irfahan ^a   McRae, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84982830414     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1035-8     Document Type: Article

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