Differences in digit ratios between gay men who prefer receptive versus insertive sex roles indicate a role for prenatal androgen

Abstract Among non-human mammals, exposure to androgens during critical periods of development leads to gynephilia (attraction to females), whereas the absence or low levels of prenatal androgens leads to androphilia (attraction to males). However, in humans, retrospective markers of prenatal androg...

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Main Authors: Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Victor Di Rita, Christina A. Major, Christopher J. Breedlove, Cynthia L. Jordan, S. Marc Breedlove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87338-0