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A MODEL FOR THE GENETICS OF HANDEDNESS

Author(s) -

Jerre Levy,

Thomas Nagylaki

Publication year - 1972

Publication title -

genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1943-2631

pISSN - 0016-6731

DOI - 10.1093/genetics/72.1.117

Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , biology , allele , locus (genetics) , genetics , right hemisphere , evolutionary biology , gene , cognitive psychology , psychology

Experimental data and theoretical work on the inheritance of handedness and cerebral dominance are reviewed. A two-gene, four-allele model, one locus pertaining to left or right hemispheric dominance and the other to contralateral or ipsilateral hand control relative to the dominant hemisphere, is constructed. It is in excellent agreement with all quantitative information regarding this problem. Refinements designed to explain relevant qualitative facts are proposed and discussed.

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