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SUBMITTER: Kumar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688535 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kumar Sanjay S Voracek Martin M Singh Maharaj M
Frontiers in endocrinology 20190802
The present research examined whether differential placing of the basal flexion creases contributes to the occurrence of sex differences in digit ratio (2D:4D) derived from palmar digit lengths. The ratio of palmar-to-dorsal digit length, a measure of the placing of the basal flexion crease in the finger, was derived for the digits 2 and 4 of the right hand in two independent samples (Study I: <i>N</i> = 100; Study II: <i>N</i> = 200), in accordance with discovery-replication sample approach. Th ...[more]