Family patterns in handedness: evidence for indirect inheritance mediated by birth stress.

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The most common alternative to a genetic explanation of left-handedness is that sinistrality arises because of birth stress factors. In a sample of 1398 subjects, the association between birth stress and left-handedness was confirmed. More importantly, it was found that left-handed mothers are more likely to have birth-stressed offspring and that the presence of any left-handed sibling increases the likelihood of...

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