Prenatal Influences on Sexual Orientation: Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Number of Older Siblings
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Prenatal influences on sexual orientation: digit ratio (2D:4D) and number of older siblings.
Prenatal androgen levels are suggested to influence sexual orientation in both sexes. The 2D:4D digit ratio has been found to associate with sexual orientation, but published findings have often been contradictory, which may partly be due to the large ethnic diversity between and within studied populations. In men, number of older brothers has been found to correlate positively with homosexuali...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolutionary Psychology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1474-7049,1474-7049
DOI: 10.1177/147470491100900402