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Minireview: Organizational Hypothesis: Instances of the Fingerpost

14 Jul 2010

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There is now compelling evidence that the ratio of the length of the second digit divided by the length of the fourth digit (2D:4D) is affected by prenatal androgens in humans. This ratio is greater in females than males from fetal life through adulthood, correlates with polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene in men, is feminine in XY androgen insensitivity syndrome, and masculinized in congenital adrenal...

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PMID: 20631003
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0041

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