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Science 28 May 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4242, pp. 908 - 910
DOI: 10.1126/science.1273577
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Science, Vol 192, Issue 4242, 908-910
Copyright © 1976 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Human handedness: a partial cross-fostering study

RE Hicks and M Kinsbourne

The hand preference of college students correlated significantly with the writing hand of their biological parents but not that of their stepparents. The results are consistent with a genetic theory of the origin of human handedness.


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