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Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness
- Source :
- Nature human behaviour, vol 5, iss 1
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2021.
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Abstract
- Handedness has been extensively studied because of its relationship with language and the over-representation of left-handers in some neurodevelopmental disorders. Using data from the UK Biobank, 23andMe and the International Handedness Consortium, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of handedness (N = 1,766,671). We found 41 loci associated (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Human Genome
Neurosciences
Genetic Variation
Single Nucleotide
Middle Aged
Linkage Disequilibrium
Functional Laterality
Brain Disorders
Quantitative Trait
Mental Health
Sex Factors
Gene Frequency
Genetic Loci
Schizophrenia
Genetics
Humans
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Female
Polymorphism
Aetiology
Heritable
Genome-Wide Association Study
Aged
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature human behaviour, vol 5, iss 1
- Accession number :
- edsair.od.......325..6be7b0d06e3986152ff24339faaff2fd