Human handedness and scalp hair-whorl direction develop from a common genetic mechanism.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Genetics

• Publication date

  2003-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  PMID 14504234PMCID PMC1462764
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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