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Reported early family environment covaries with menarcheal age as a function of polymorphic variation in estrogen receptor-α.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Feb 2011
Manuck Stephen B, Craig Anna E, Flory Janine D, Halder Indrani, Ferrell Robert E
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Age at menarche, a sentinel index of pubertal maturation, was examined in relation to early family relationships (conflict, cohesion) and polymorphic variation in the gene encoding estrogen receptor-α (ESR1) in a midlife sample of 455 European American women. Consistent with prior literature, women who reported being raised in families characterized by close interpersonal relationships and little conflict tended...
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