Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Genetic and environmental influences on female sexual orientation, childhood gender typicality and adult gender identity.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2011

Burri Andrea, Cherkas Lynn, Spector Timothy, Rahman Qazi

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: Human sexual orientation is influenced by genetic and non-shared environmental factors as are two important psychological correlates--childhood gender typicality (CGT) and adult gender identity (AGI). However, researchers have been unable to resolve the genetic and non-genetic components that contribute to the covariation between these traits, particularly in women. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Aged, 80 and over
Share to Demography
Share to Environment

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy Delete account & data About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Gender Identity

Share to Models, Biological

Share to Multivariate Analysis

Share to Sexual Behavior

Source

Open in PubMed Open full text

Identifiers

PMID: 21760939
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021982
PMCID: PMC3131304

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 7 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-08.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 7 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence. Graph snapshot: 2026-09-29.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Genetic and environmental influences on female sexual orientation, childhood gender typicality and adult gender identity.PMID 21760939Read ↗

Common genetic factors among sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and number of sex partners in female twins: implications for the evolution of homosexuality.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Common genetic effects of gender atypical behavior in childhood and sexual orientation in adulthood: a study of Finnish twins.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Evidence for Heritability of Adult Men's Sexual Interest in Youth Under Age 16 from a Population-Based Extended Twin DesignSemantic proximity Read ↗

Biometrical genetics.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Sex Differences in the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Self-Reported Non-aggressive and Aggressive Conduct Disorder Symptoms in Early and Middle Adolescence.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Behavioral geneticsSemantic proximity Read ↗

A Multivariate Twin Study of Female Sexual DysfunctionSemantic proximity Read ↗

Emerging insights into the genetics and evolution of human same-sex sexual behavior.Semantic proximity Read ↗

The complexity of sexuality.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Is homosexuality genetic? A critical review and some suggestions.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Measurement models for sexual orientation in a community twin sample.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Shared genetic effects between age at menarche and disordered eating.Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.