The estimation of the heritability of anthropometric measurements

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Chatterjee, Satipati ^a   Das, Nabakumar ^a   Chatterjee, Pratima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Environments; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS;

EID: 9744236728     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.18.1     Document Type: Article

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