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Genetic moderation of effects of maternal sensitivity on girl's age of menarche: Replication of the Manuck et al. study.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Aug 2015
Hartman Sarah, Widaman Keith F, Belsky Jay
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Manuck, Craig, Flory, Halder, and Ferrell (2011) reported that a theoretically anticipated effect of family rearing on girls' menarcheal age was genetically moderated by two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the estrogen receptor-α gene. We sought to replicate and extend these findings, studying 210 White females followed from birth. The replication was general because a different measure of the rearing...
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