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A 1927 study supports a current genetic model for inheritance of human scalp hair-whorl orientation and hand-use preference traits

  1. Author:
    Klar, A. J. S.

  2. Author Address

    NCI, Gene Regulat & Chromosome Biol Lab, Canc Res Ctr, Developmental Genet Sect, Ft Detrick, MD 21702 USA Klar, AJS, NCI, Gene Regulat & Chromosome Biol Lab, Canc Res Ctr, Developmental Genet Sect, 7th St,Bldg 539,POB B, Ft Detrick, MD 21702 USA
    1. Year: 2005
    2. Date: AUG
  2. Journal: Genetics
    1. 170
    2. 4
    3. Pages: 2027-2030
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The basis of right-vs. left-hand-use preference in humans has been debated for a long time. Culturally learned, birth stress, and biologically specified causes are the prominent etiologies under consideration. A 2003 (KLAR 2003) study reported a correlation between a person's preferred hand and the scalp hair-whorl orientation developed on the head. By reinterpreting results of a 1927 (SCHWARZBURG 1927) study on the genetics of the hair-whorl trait, support for a recent single gene, two-allele "random-recessive model" for both hair-whorl orientation and handedness trait inheritance is demonstrated

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