Article
Laterality indices in the Chuvashian population.
Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur - 1 Dec 2008
Kalichman Leonid, Korostishevsky Michael, Kobyliansky Eugene
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to describe the frequencies of right or left dominance in handedness (HDD), dominant eye (DE), hand clasping (HCL) and arm folding (ARMF) and their combination in the Chuvashian population. We also evaluated the familial correlation and heritability of aforementioned traits in the studied population. The investigated cohort comprised 235 nuclear Chuvashian (Russia) families and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
