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Analysis of the Effect of Hormones on Opposite-Sex Twin Attitudes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

E.M. Miller  and
N. Martin
E.M. Miller*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Orleans
N. Martin
Affiliation:
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
*
Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Numerous reports in the literature suggest that hormones may transfer from one fetus to another, in humans as in animals. In a large sample of over seven thousand Australian adult twins, it was found that opposite-sex females showed a statistically significant tendency to hold more masculine attitudes than did same-sex female twins. This may be due to post-natal social interaction, but could also be caused by the transfer of testosterone from the male to the female fetus in opposite-sex twins.

Keywords

Opposite-sex twinsHormonesTestosteroneAttitudesAustralia
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 41 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1995

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