Open AccessCommentary on Klar
Author(s) -
Lee Ehrman,
Ira B. Perelle
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.104.029629
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , computational biology
THE recent article by [Klar (2003)][1] purporting to link hair whorl to handedness in humans is an interesting example of the use of association to attempt to prove causality, that is, to prove that human handedness is wholly hereditary. We call attention to some problems with Klar's analysis.
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